Search results for "Potassium nitrate" - New World Encyclopedia

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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 ...
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  • carbonate are used in fertilizers. Potassium nitrate is used in gunpowder ... |nitrate of potash or saltpeter||potassium nitrate, ||KNO3 ...
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  • #Potassium and magnesium salts Most evaporite formations do not contain ... Evaporite minerals, especially nitrate minerals, are economically ...
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  • The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with ... nitric acid gives a solution of ammonium nitrate: HNO3(aq) + NH3(g) → NH4NO3 ...
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  • VI) reagent and acidified solution of potassium dichromate, which is reduced ... acid. Suitable oxidizing agents include potassium permanganate, nitric acid ...
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  • It is mainly used in making ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) for fertilizers ... approximately equal masses of potassium nitrate (KNO3) with 96 percent ...
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  • [[Image:Potassium nitrate.jpg|thumb|200px|Saltpeter is the primary ... sulfate, potassium sulfide, sulfur, potassium nitrate, potassium thiocyanate ...
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  • through the agency of lead and saltpeter (potassium nitrate). ... by distilling a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), copper vitriol (copper ...
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  • transported through cell membranes, and potassium ions are involved in the ... elements (including aluminum, sodium, potassium, and chlorine), and the ...
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  • agent used in liquid-fueled rockets, potassium nitrate is used in gunpowder ... saltpeter (sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate) was used in gunpowder ...
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  • NOS) enzymes and by reduction of inorganic nitrate. The endothelium (inner ... in animals), (ii) by plasma membrane-bound nitrate reductase, (iii) by mitochondrial ...
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  • Black powder is a mixture of potassium nitrate more commonly known ... Historically, potassium nitrate was extracted from manure by a process ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), the secondary plant nutrients ... is most often lacking. Phosphorous and potassium are also needed in substantial ...
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  • The salts of barium (particularly its nitrate, chloride, and chlorate ... * The salts of barium (particularly its nitrate, chloride, and chlorate ...
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  • it is placed in period 4, between potassium and scandium. ... Other important calcium compounds are its nitrate, sulfide, chloride ...
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  • #039;s crust, can be subdivided into potassium feldspars and plagioclase ... The carbonate class includes the nitrate and borate minerals. ...
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  • cyanate, Friedrich Wöhler reacted potassium cyanate with ammonium sulfate ... solutions (in combination with ammonium nitrate: UAN), e.g. in 'foliar ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • orange (potassium dichromate), red (mercury sulfide), mauve (cobalt ... cause lead poisoning if ingested), sour (potassium bitartrate), bitter (magnesium ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • explosive. Examples include an ammonium nitrate/fuel oil mixture (ANFO) ... * Black powder: Potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur * Flash powder: ...
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  • more readily available material: potash (potassium carbonate), obtained from ... prepared by immersing the glass in a potassium nitrate bath at 450º C. This ...
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  • of a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). Rocket ... the fuel is charcoal, the oxidizer is potassium nitrate, and sulfur serves ...
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  • (sal ammoniac); with nitric acid, ammonium nitrate; and so forth. Perfectly ... | Potassium nitrate | 10.4 |- | Sodium fluoride | 0.35 |- ...
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  • of huge quantities of high-quality nitrate deposits--guano and saltpeter ... allow such increase. When the Antofagasta Nitrate & Railway Company refused ...
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  • sulfur together with saltpeter (potassium nitrate, KNO3), in the presence ... Likewise, the reaction of sulfuric acid with potassium nitrate can ...
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  • *Gallium salts, such as gallium citrate or gallium nitrate containing a radioactive isotope of gallium, have been used in nuclear medicine imaging ...
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  • of refrigeration. Sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate, when added to water ... salt, such as cerium magnesium nitrate. The active magnetic dipoles ...
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  • astringents for dressing wounds. Alum (potassium aluminum sulfate or a related ... mixing anhydrous aluminum chloride with potassium. The metal, however, had ...
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  • empirical formula K2CO3) to produce Potassium nitrate (KNO3) or saltpeter ... Soon the cave was being mined for calcium nitrate on an industrial scale. ...
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  • The decay of uranium, thorium and potassium-40 in the Earth's ... nitric acid to create a solution of uranyl nitrate. Additional solvent extraction ...
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  • * metal sulfates, such as gypsum (calcium sulfate), alunite (potassium ... gunpowder, which is a mixture of potassium nitrate (KNO3), carbon, and ...
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  • niter (or saltpeter, the mineral form of potassium nitrate). ... substances such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. In addition ...
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  • and polyatomic ions such as carbonate and nitrate. Zeolites can therefore ... It provides a source of slowly released potassium. If previously loaded with ...
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  • dioxide (CO2), or a mixture of water and potassium (KH2O). ... nitroguanidine, phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) or other nonmetallic ...
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  • Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794) was a French nobleman who, along with John Dalton and Jöns Jakob Berzelius, is ...
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  • while an oxidizer such as Sodium nitrate or Potassium nitrate sustains the burning of the incense. Fragrant materials are combined with the base prior ...
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  • chloride, copper(II) hydroxide, copper(II) nitrate, copper(II) oxide, copper ... *Copper (III) compounds (rare): potassium hexafluorocuprate (K3CuF6) ...
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  • calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, and manganese. Both the seeds and leaf are high in protein, including the amino ...
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  • com/articles/articles%203.html Potassium Nitrate in Arabic and Latin Sources], History of Science and Technology in Islam. Retrieved April 14, 2021. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • British Raj (rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India, officially the British Indian Empire, and internationally and contemporaneously ...
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  • of a chemical substitute for saltpeter (potassium nitrate) affected the Uppar community, the traditional makers of saltpeter for use in gunpowder ...
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  • Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure, or incapacitate ...
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