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Chile saltpetre

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Also known as: cubic nitre, nitrate of soda, nitratine, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate, sodium nitre

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Related Topics:: saltpetre; dynamite; nitrate

Chile saltpetre, sodium nitrate, a deliquescent crystalline sodium salt that is found chiefly in northern Chile (see sodium).