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- In a narrow sense, it refers to the salt potassium carbonate (K2CO3). In a ... |potassium nitrate |KNO3 |---- |sulfate of potash |potassium sulfate ...6 KB (830 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- carbonate are used in fertilizers. Potassium nitrate is used in gunpowder ... |nitrate of potash or saltpeter||potassium nitrate, ||KNO3 ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- #Potassium and magnesium salts Most evaporite formations do not contain ... Evaporite minerals, especially nitrate minerals, are economically ...6 KB (841 words) - 07:00, 12 September 2023
- The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with ... nitric acid gives a solution of ammonium nitrate: HNO3(aq) + NH3(g) → NH4NO3 ...18 KB (2,699 words) - 07:39, 25 July 2023
- VI) reagent and acidified solution of potassium dichromate, which is reduced ... acid. Suitable oxidizing agents include potassium permanganate, nitric acid ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- It is mainly used in making ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) for fertilizers ... approximately equal masses of potassium nitrate (KNO3) with 96 percent ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- [[Image:Potassium nitrate.jpg|thumb|200px|Saltpeter is the primary ... sulfate, potassium sulfide, sulfur, potassium nitrate, potassium thiocyanate ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- through the agency of lead and saltpeter (potassium nitrate). ... by distilling a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), copper vitriol (copper ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- transported through cell membranes, and potassium ions are involved in the ... elements (including aluminum, sodium, potassium, and chlorine), and the ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- agent used in liquid-fueled rockets, potassium nitrate is used in gunpowder ... saltpeter (sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate) was used in gunpowder ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- NOS) enzymes and by reduction of inorganic nitrate. The endothelium (inner ... in animals), (ii) by plasma membrane-bound nitrate reductase, (iii) by mitochondrial ...12 KB (1,673 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- Black powder is a mixture of potassium nitrate more commonly known ... Historically, potassium nitrate was extracted from manure by a process ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- A chunk of ore is treated with concentrated nitric acid and potassium chlorate to convert all of the sulfur content to sulfate (SO42-). The nitrate ...8 KB (1,266 words) - 19:27, 20 January 2023
- nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), the secondary plant nutrients ... is most often lacking. Phosphorous and potassium are also needed in substantial ...33 KB (4,735 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- The salts of barium (particularly its nitrate, chloride, and chlorate ... * The salts of barium (particularly its nitrate, chloride, and chlorate ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 08:07, 20 September 2023
- it is placed in period 4, between potassium and scandium. ... Other important calcium compounds are its nitrate, sulfide, chloride ...18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:21, 25 November 2023
- #039;s crust, can be subdivided into potassium feldspars and plagioclase ... The carbonate class includes the nitrate and borate minerals. ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- cyanate, Friedrich Wöhler reacted potassium cyanate with ammonium sulfate ... solutions (in combination with ammonium nitrate: UAN), e.g. in 'foliar ...16 KB (2,391 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- thus include magnesium, sulfate, calcium, potassium, and other ions. In addition ... such as ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate (both can be dry or in aqueous ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- orange (potassium dichromate), red (mercury sulfide), mauve (cobalt ... cause lead poisoning if ingested), sour (potassium bitartrate), bitter (magnesium ...36 KB (5,357 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- at low cost. An alloy of sodium and potassium (NaK) is a heat-transfer ... and soda niter (or Chile saltpeter, sodium nitrate), as well as several members ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
- explosive. Examples include an ammonium nitrate/fuel oil mixture (ANFO) ... * Black powder: Potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur * Flash powder: ...41 KB (6,258 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- more readily available material: potash (potassium carbonate), obtained from ... prepared by immersing the glass in a potassium nitrate bath at 450º C. This ...28 KB (4,417 words) - 07:52, 24 January 2023
- of a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). Rocket ... the fuel is charcoal, the oxidizer is potassium nitrate, and sulfur serves ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- (sal ammoniac); with nitric acid, ammonium nitrate; and so forth. Perfectly ... | Potassium nitrate | 10.4 |- | Sodium fluoride | 0.35 |- ...39 KB (5,803 words) - 07:35, 25 July 2023
- of huge quantities of high-quality nitrate deposits--guano and saltpeter ... allow such increase. When the Antofagasta Nitrate & Railway Company refused ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- sulfur together with saltpeter (potassium nitrate, KNO3), in the presence ... Likewise, the reaction of sulfuric acid with potassium nitrate can ...31 KB (4,778 words) - 21:53, 26 February 2023
- *Gallium salts, such as gallium citrate or gallium nitrate containing a radioactive isotope of gallium, have been used in nuclear medicine imaging ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- of refrigeration. Sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate, when added to water ... salt, such as cerium magnesium nitrate. The active magnetic dipoles ...28 KB (4,251 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- astringents for dressing wounds. Alum (potassium aluminum sulfate or a related ... mixing anhydrous aluminum chloride with potassium. The metal, however, had ...38 KB (5,676 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- empirical formula K2CO3) to produce Potassium nitrate (KNO3) or saltpeter ... Soon the cave was being mined for calcium nitrate on an industrial scale. ...40 KB (6,197 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- The decay of uranium, thorium and potassium-40 in the Earth's ... nitric acid to create a solution of uranyl nitrate. Additional solvent extraction ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- * metal sulfates, such as gypsum (calcium sulfate), alunite (potassium ... gunpowder, which is a mixture of potassium nitrate (KNO3), carbon, and ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- niter (or saltpeter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate). ... substances such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. In addition ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- and polyatomic ions such as carbonate and nitrate. Zeolites can therefore ... It provides a source of slowly released potassium. If previously loaded with ...15 KB (2,158 words) - 05:51, 13 June 2023
- dioxide (CO2), or a mixture of water and potassium (KH2O). ... nitroguanidine, phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) or other nonmetallic ...35 KB (5,475 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794) was a French nobleman who, along with John Dalton and Jöns Jakob Berzelius, is ...17 KB (2,470 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- while an oxidizer such as Sodium nitrate or Potassium nitrate sustains the burning of the incense. Fragrant materials are combined with the base prior ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- chloride, copper(II) hydroxide, copper(II) nitrate, copper(II) oxide, copper ... *Copper (III) compounds (rare): potassium hexafluorocuprate (K3CuF6) ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, and manganese. Both the seeds and leaf are high in protein, including the amino ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 00:49, 9 January 2023
- com/articles/articles%203.html Potassium Nitrate in Arabic and Latin Sources], History of Science and Technology in Islam. Retrieved April 14, 2021. ...44 KB (7,015 words) - 19:53, 26 March 2024
- in the form of nitrogen (N), phosphorus, (P) and potassium (K). These nutrients are necessary for plant growth, but in the tropics they are not directly ...54 KB (8,146 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg , Grand-Duché de Luxembourg , Großherzogtum Luxemburg ), archaically spelled Luxemburg ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- British Raj (rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India, officially the British Indian Empire, and internationally and contemporaneously ...52 KB (7,786 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- of a chemical substitute for saltpeter (potassium nitrate) affected the Uppar community, the traditional makers of saltpeter for use in gunpowder ...57 KB (8,382 words) - 23:21, 21 October 2023
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