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Nitric   /nˈaɪtrɪk/   Listen
Nitric

adjective
1.
Of or containing nitrogen.  Synonyms: azotic, nitrous.



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... pressure of 200 or 300 atmospheres: but this does not seem insurmountable. It is possible also that the chemical combination of the two gases which constitute common air may be effected by such pressures: if this should be the case, it might offer a new mode of manufacturing nitrous or nitric acids. The result of such experiments might take another direction: if the condensation were performed over liquids, it is possible that they might enter into new chemical combinations. Thus, if air were highly ...
— On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures • Charles Babbage

... decomposed. The hydrogen of the water combines with the nitrogen of the air, and that given off by the decomposing organic bodies, and forms ammonia. The nitrogen of the ammonia then takes up the oxygen of the air and water, and becoming nitric acid, forms nitrates with the lime, potash, soda, &c., contained in the soil. Without any superabundance of lime in the soil, however, the same effects may be produced, when there is a deficiency of decaying vegetable and animal matter, as the oxygen of the decomposed air and water, having ...
— A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II • William Sleeman

... studied. The metal is now exposed in all the parts that have to be etched, while all the other parts are protected by a layer of bitumen coated with coagulated albumen. Hence we may employ as mordant water acidulated with 3, 4, or 5 per cent. of nitric acid, according as it is required to have the plate etched with greater ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 • Various



Words linked to "Nitric" :   nitrogen, nitre



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