saltpeter

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1. saltpeter - Noun

2. saltpeter - Verb

Meaning

Alt. of Saltpetre

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Another recipe, for artificial "thunder", specifies a mixture of one pound native sulfur, two pounds linden or willow charcoal, and six pounds of saltpeter. Source: Internet

Although saltpeter from new Prussian-style putrefaction works had not been produced yet (the process taking about 18 months), in only a year France had gunpowder to export. Source: Internet

Bergman informed Scheele that the saltpeter he had purchased from Scheele's employer, after long heating, produced red vapors (now known to be nitrogen dioxide) when it came into contact with acetic acid. Source: Internet

Black powder made with less-expensive and more plentiful sodium nitrate (in appropriate proportions) works just as well but is more hygroscopic than powders made from potassium nitrate—popularly known as saltpeter. Source: Internet

It was also agreed that taxes on the exportation of saltpeter would not increase. Source: Internet

Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) matchlock firearms Saltpeter was known to the Chinese by the mid-1st century AD and there is strong evidence of the use of saltpeter and sulfur in various largely medicinal combinations. Source: Internet

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