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calcium nitrate

noun

  1. a white, deliquescent solid, Ca(NO 3 ) 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, fireworks, matches, and explosives.

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Either calcium nitrate or acetate (which will be formed at the same time) yields lime upon subsequent ignition.

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