Salitre
Salitre may refer to:
- One of the joint South America air forces maneuvers
- Salitre Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador
- Sodium nitrate or the mineral Nitratine ("Peru saltpeter" or "Chile saltpeter"), a component of fertilizers, explosives and solid rocket propellants; also a food preservative
- Potassium nitrate, or the mineral Niter, the critical oxidizing component of gunpowder, and a food preservative
- Compare: Saltpeter
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