sodium nitrate

(inorganic chemistry) The silver salt of nitric acid, AgNO₃; it is sensitive to light and is used in the preparation of silver halides for photography; it is used in laboratories as a reagent to test for chloride

(inorganic chemistry) The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH₄NO₃; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).

An urban air pollutant formed photochemically in the air as part of photochemical smog.

(inorganic chemistry) A colourless salt that absorbs moisture from the air and mainly used as a component in fertilizer.

(inorganic chemistry) White, water-soluble salt of aluminium and nitric acid, most commonly existing as the crystalline hydrate, aluminium nitrate nonahydrate, Al(NO₃)₃·9H₂O.

(inorganic chemistry) A colorless, toxic, and water-soluble inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ba(NO₃)₂.

(inorganic chemistry) A white crystalline powder that is highly soluble in water, with the formula RbNO₃.

(inorganic chemistry) A colorless solid with the formula Sr(NO₃)₂, used as a red colorant and oxidizer in pyrotechnics.

(chemistry) A nitration reaction in which a bromine is replaced by a nitro group on an electron-rich aryl compound such as a phenol or cresol.