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硝酸塩 (しょうさんえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

硝しょう酸さん塩えん

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さ

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Meanings

1

noun

nitrate

Chemical term for a salt or ester of nitric acid. Used in chemistry, agriculture, and food science.

硝しょう酸さん塩えんは肥ひ料りょうとして広ひろく使つかわれている。
Nitrates are widely used as fertilizers.
この水みずには硝しょう酸さん塩えんが多おおく含ふくまれ

て

いる

。

This water contains a lot of nitrates.

Kanji

硝nitrate, saltpeter
酸acid, bitterness, sour
塩salt

Similar words

硝しょう酸さん
硝酸 (nitric acid) is the acid from which nitrate salts are derived. 硝酸塩 specifically refers to the salt form.
亜あ硝しょう酸さん塩えん
亜硝酸塩 (nitrite) has one less oxygen atom than nitrate and is used in food preservation, but can be toxic in high amounts.

Etymology

Compound of 硝酸 (しょうさん, 'nitric acid') + 塩 (えん, 'salt'). The kanji 硝 originally referred to saltpeter, 酸 means 'acid', and 塩 means 'salt'.