| Regulus of Antimony mixed with nitre, and projected into a red-hot crucible, sets the nitre in a flame, and makes it detonate. |
| The cloudiness is usually caused by very fine particles called sugar sand or nitre. |
| In a less expensive procedure, oil of cedar was injected into the body, which was then placed in nitre for 70 days. |
| To obtain a creamy product, it is possible to add to the mixture some nitre diluent, not exceeding a max. of 80 gr, for each 2 kg of Skycolors. |
| In deflagration with nitre, azotic gas is likewise disengaged, because azote is one of the constituent elements of nitric acid. |
| Sodium nitrate, or soda nitre, NaNO3, is commonly called Chile saltpetre, after its mineral deposits in northern Chile, the principal source. |
