Encyclopedia: Nitrate
In inorganic chemistry, a nitrate is a salt of nitric acid with an ion composed of one nitrogen and three oxygen atoms . In organic chemistry the esters of nitric acid and various alcohols are called nitrates. The nitrate ion is a polyatomic ion with the empirical formula NO3 and a molecular mass of 62.0049. It is the conjugate base of nitric acid, consisting of one central nitrogen atom surrounded...
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Explain why plants need to have a supply of nitrates.
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Somewhere I heard that it revitalises the human body as much as it does plants....
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How do you lower nitrates in a tank?
The easy way to lower nitrates is to vacum your gravel! and do a 25% water change!!...
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Is it best to keep amyl nitrates in the fridge...
They evaporate at room temperature......
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