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Nitrate vs Sulfate - What's the difference?

nitrate | sulfate |

As nouns the difference between nitrate and sulfate

is that nitrate is any salt or ester of nitric acid while sulfate is any ester of sulfuric acid.

As verbs the difference between nitrate and sulfate

is that nitrate is to treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate while sulfate is to treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.

nitrate

English

(wikipedia 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

    • Related terms

    * nitration

    Anagrams

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    sulfate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sulphate (UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid.
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfuric acid.

    • Derived terms

    * aluminic sulfate, aluminic sulphate * aluminium sulfate, aluminium sulphate * aluminium sulfate hexadecahydrate, aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate * ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulphate * barium sulfate, barium sulphate * beryllium sulfate, beryllium sulphate * bisulfate, bisulphate * cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulphate * calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate * ceric ammonium sulfate, ceric ammonium sulphate * ceric sulfate, ceric sulphate * copper sulfate, copper sulphate * cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate * cuprosulfate, cuprosulphate * disulfate, disulphate * ferroso-aluminic sulfate, ferroso-aluminic sulphate * ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulphate * gadolinium ethyl sulfate * gadolinium sulfate, gadolinium sulphate * gadolinium sulfate octahydrate, gadolinium sulphate octahydrate * hydrogen sulfate, hydrogen sulphate * hydropotassic sulfate, hydropotassic sulphate * hydrosodic sulfate, hydrosodic sulphate * hyposulfate, hyposulphate * iodosulfate, iodosulphate * iridico-ammonic sulfate, iridico-ammonic sulphate * iron sulfate, iron sulphate * lithium sulfate, lithium sulphate * magnesio-aluminic sulfate, magnesio-aluminic sulphate * magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate * magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate * magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, magnesium sulphate heptahydrate * manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate * manganous sulfate, manganous sulphate * nickel sulfate, nickel sulphate * nitrososulfate, nitrososulphate * persulfate, persulphate * potassio-chromic sulfate, potassio-chromic sulphate * potassio-ferric sulfate, potassio-ferric sulphate * potassio-manganic sulfate, potassio-manganic sulphate * potassium aluminium sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate * potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate * pyrosulfate, pyrosulphate * radium sulfate, radium sulphate * rubidium sulfate, rubidium sulphate * sodium sulfate, sodium sulphate * sulfat-, sulphat- * sulfate ion, sulphate ion * sulfate of ammonia, sulphate of ammonia * sulfate of copper, sulphate of copper * sulfate of iron, sulphate of iron * sulfate of lime, sulphate of lime * sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash * sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda * sulfate of zinc, sulphate of zinc * sulfate process, sulphate process * sulfate pulp, sulphate pulp * sulfate-reducing, sulphate-reducing * sulfatide, sulphatide * sulfating, sulphating * sulfation, sulphation * sulfatite, sulphatite * sulfato-, sulphato- * tellurium sulfate, tellurium sulphate * thallium sulfate, thallium sulphate * thiosulfate, thiosulphate * thorium sulfate, thorium sulphate * trisulfate, trisulphate * uranic sulfate, uranic sulphate * urano-ammonic sulfate, urano-ammonic sulphate * uranoso-ammonic sulfate, uranoso-ammonic sulphate * uranoso-uranic sulfate, uranoso-uranic sulphate * uranous sulfate, uranous sulphate * vanadious sulfate, vanadious sulphate * vanadous sulfate, vanadous sulphate * vanadyl sulfate, vanadyl sulphate * zinco-sulfate, zinco-sulphate

    Verb

    (sulfat)
  • (chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
  • (of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.