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Chlorine vs Nitrate - What's the difference?

chlorine | nitrate |

As nouns the difference between chlorine and nitrate

is that chlorine is a toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17 while nitrate is any salt or ester of nitric acid.

As a verb nitrate is

to treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate.

chlorine

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia chlorine)
  • A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
  • Derived terms

    * antichlor, antichlore * antichlorine * chlor-, chloro- * chloral * chlorane * chloric * chloride * chlorinate * chlorination * * * * chlorine dioxide * chlorine fluoride * chlorine monofluoride * chlorine oxide * chlorine pentafluoride * chlorine trifluoride * chlorine water * chloriniferous * chlorinise, chlorinize * chlorinous * chlorite * chloroid * chlorous * chloruret * dichlorine * organochlorine

    Synonyms

    * when used as a food additive

    See also

    * carnallite * halite * sylvite

    nitrate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
  • Derived terms

    * ammonia nitrate, ammonium nitrate * ammonium nitrate * amyl nitrate * assimilatory nitrate reductase * barium nitrate * beryllium nitrate * cadmium nitrate * caesium nitrate, cesium nitrate * calcium nitrate * cellulose nitrate * ceric ammonium nitrate * copper nitrate * dinitrate * ethyl nitrate * gallium nitrate * guanidine nitrate * hydrogen nitrate * hydroxylammonium nitrate * lead nitrate * lithium nitrate * magnesium nitrate * mercuric nitrate * mercurous nitrate * mononitrate * nitrate bath * nickel nitrate * nitrate of ammonia * nitrate of amyl * nitrate of baryta * nitrate of bismuth * nitrate of calcium * nitrate of cobalt * nitrate of copper * nitrate of lead * nitrate of lime * nitrate of mercury * nitrate of potash * nitrate of potassium * nitrate of silver * nitrate of soda * nitrate of sodium * nitrate of strontia * nitrate reductase * nitratine * nitration * nitrate reductase test * nitrate vulnerable zone * oxalonitrate * oxynitrate * palladium nitrate * peroxyacetyl nitrate * plumbous nitrate * plutonyl nitrate * potassium nitrate * promethium nitrate * silver-copper nitrate * silver nitrate * sodium nitrate * strontium nitrate * subnitrate * sulfonitrate, sulphonitrate * tellurium nitrate * thorium nitrate * uranic nitrate * uranium nitrate * uranyl nitrate

    Verb

    (nitrat)
  • To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
  • Anagrams

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