subnitrate
[ suhb-nahy-treyt ]
/ sʌbˈnaɪ treɪt /
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noun Chemistry.
a basic salt of nitric acid.
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A subnitrate of didymium is formed, and remains as an insoluble residue on extracting with hot water.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerIt ranks as reliable drying oil, promptly solidifying when acted upon by peroxide of hydrogen or by subnitrate of mercury.
Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting|Mayton Clarence HillickChiefly in chemistry, and as a source of the pure oxide and the subnitrate.
The Chromate is employed in calico-printing, and the subnitrate as a paint under the name of pearl-white.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth