Editing Nitrate (section)

{{Short description|Polyatomic ion (NO₃, charge –1) found in explosives and fertilisers}}
{{About||the functional group  –{{chem|ONO|2}}|Nitrate ester|that functional group in medicine|Nitrovasodilator}}
{{Distinguish|text={{chem|NO|2|−}}, [[nitrite]]}}
{{About|the ion|the radical|nitrate radical}}
{{Otheruses}}
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| ImageFile1 = Nitrate-3D-balls.png
| ImageAlt1 = [[Ball-and-stick model]] of the nitrate ion
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| ImageAltR1 = [[Space-filling model]] of the nitrate ion
| SystematicName = Nitrate
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| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers
| CASNo = 14797-55-8
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| UNII = T93E9Y2844
| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}}
| PubChem = 943
| SMILES = [N+](=O)([O-])[O-] 
| ChemSpiderID = 918
| InChI = 1/NO3/c2-1(3)4/q-1
| InChIKey = NHNBFGGVMKEFGY-UHFFFAOYAI
| StdInChI = 1S/NO3/c2-1(3)4/q-1
| StdInChIKey = NHNBFGGVMKEFGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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| ChEBI = 17632}}
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| Formula = {{chem|N|O|3|-}}
| N=1|O=3
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| ConjugateAcid = [[Nitric acid]]}}
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'''Nitrate''' is a [[polyatomic ion]] with the [[chemical formula]] {{chem|NO|3|−}}. [[salt (chemistry)|Salts]] containing this [[ion]] are called '''nitrates'''. Nitrates are common components of fertilizers and explosives.<ref name="Ullmann">{{Ullmann|first1=Wolfgang|last1=Laue|first2=Michael|last2=Thiemann|first3=Erich|last3=Scheibler|first4=Karl Wilhelm|last4=Wiegand|title=Nitrates and Nitrites|year=2006|doi=10.1002/14356007.a17_265|isbn=978-3527306732}}</ref> Almost all inorganic nitrates are [[solubility|soluble]] in [[water]]. An example of an insoluble nitrate is [[bismuth oxynitrate]].