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Nitrate vs Ammonia - What's the difference?

nitrate | ammonia |

As nouns the difference between nitrate and ammonia

is that nitrate is while ammonia is (inorganic compound) a gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, nh3, with a pungent smell and taste.

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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    ammonia

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (inorganic compound) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.
  • Synonyms

    * spirits of hartshorn (obsolete) * volatile alkali (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    * ammonia borane * ammonian * ammonic * ammonical * ammonium

    References

    * (wikipedia "ammonia") *

    Anagrams

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