单词 | nitratine |
释义 | nitratinen. Mineralogy. Native sodium nitrate, NaNO3, crystallizing in the trigonal system and occurring as whitish efflorescences on soil or as granular crusts which are worked as a source of nitrate. Also called soda nitre. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > nitrates > [noun] > sodium nitrate cubic nitre1782 nitratine1849 Chile saltpetre1872 nitratite1923 1849 J. Nicol Man. Mineral. 335 150,000 quintals of the refined nitratine were shipped. 1855 D. T. Ansted et al. in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 539 Nitratine,..found in crystals in beds several feet thick, with clay and sand, in the district of Tarapaca in Peru. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 396 Nitratine,..used in the arts as a substitute for nitre; but deliquesces in moist air. 1947 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VIII. 484/1 Owing to its ready solubility nitratine is confined to arid and desert regions, the only large-scale commercial deposits occurring in..northern Chile. 1974 W. R. Hamilton et al. Minerals, Rocks & Fossils 72 Nitratine resembles calcite but is lighter in weight and less hard. 1990 Jrnl. Afr. Earth Sci. 10 701/1 The deposits are in the form of nitratine (NaNO3) and are of low grade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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