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Aqua fortis

Nitric acid.

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Acid 76% connected

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.

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Nitrate 74% connected

A salt of nitric acid.

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Nitrate 74% connected

A salt of nitric acid.

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Nitrify 74% connected

To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

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Nitrify 74% connected

To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

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