NOUN
- a deliquescent salt that is soluble in water; sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers
How To Use calcium nitrate In A Sentence
- _Calcium nitrate_, Ca (NO_3) _2·4H_2O, is a highly deliquescent salt, [v. 04 p. 0972] crystallizing in monoclinic prisms, and occurring in various natural waters, as an efflorescence in limestone caverns, and in the neighbourhood of decaying nitrogenous organic matter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- Nitrate crusts of potassium and calcium nitrate are most often found in caves and rock shelters in limestone areas.
