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Science Lab Bobby Bowman December 3 In the English language, even the slightest variation of spelling can change the meaning of a word completely. The words condemn and commend may look alike, but their meanings are opposites. The words nitrates and nitrites may look alike, but that one vowel change completely alters their meaning. The same happens with the words sulfate and sulfite, and phosphate and phosphite. Even the composition of the ions is similar: Nitrate, NO3- to Nitrite, NO2-; Sulfate, SO42- to Sulfite, SO32-; and Phosphate, PO43- to Phosphite, PO33-. That one modification of oxygen atoms entirely changes the ion. Nitrates are very valuable in the world for many different reasons. Nitrates are used in some medicines, and in photographic films. Nitrates are also used in fireworks, and other explosives. The most widely use for Nitrate is in fertilizers. In medicine, doctors use silver nitrate to cauterize wounds, prevent bleeding or infection,...

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