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n any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) v treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate

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  1. n any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) v treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate