Hyphenation of nitrates

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nitrates? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ni-trates

Definitions of nitrates:

1.
Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
2.
Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
Nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol

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