1. potassium-argon_dating

noun. geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon.

Rhymes with Potassium Nitrate

Sentences with potassium-nitrate

1. Noun Phrase
All fire extinguishing agents are safe to use in the event of a fire involving potassium nitrate.

2. Noun Phrase
The crust is the potassium nitrate crystals forming on the pile's surface.

3. Noun Phrase
Mallinckrodt Baker Chemicals advises that workers wear masks, gloves and safety goggles when handling potassium nitrate powder.

4. Noun Phrase
Chemicalland21.com recommends that all reducing agents be stored separately from potassium nitrate.

2. potassium

noun. ['pəˈtæsiːəm'] a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite.

3. nitrate

noun. ['ˈnaɪˌtreɪt'] any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid).

4. nitrate

verb. ['ˈnaɪˌtreɪt'] treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate.