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2. Potassium nitrate - Wikipedia

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   Potassium nitrate is one of several nitrogen-containing compounds collectively referred to as saltpetre (or saltpeter in the US). [5] Major uses of potassium nitrate are in fertilizers, tree stump removal, rocket propellants and fireworks. It is one of the major constituents of traditional gunpowder (black powder). [6]

3. Saltpetre works - Wikipedia

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   A saltpetre works or nitrary [1] is a place of production of potassium nitrate or saltpetre used primarily for the manufacture of gunpowder. The saltpeter occurs naturally in certain places like the "Caves of Salnitre" ( Collbató ) known since the Neolithic.

4. Curing salt - Wikipedia

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   Another name for potassium nitrate (KNO 3), saltpetre, also called saltpeter or nitrate of potash, has been a common ingredient of some types of salted meat for centuries [5] but its use has been mostly discontinued due to inconsistent results compared to nitrite compounds (KNO 2, NaNO 2, NNaNO 2, etc.)

5. Potash - Wikipedia

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   Nitrate of potash or saltpeter: potassium nitrate (KNO 3) Sulfate of potash (SOP) ... In 1790, the sale of ashes could generate $3.25 to $6.25 per acre ...

6. Arab Potash - Wikipedia

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   KEMAPCO produces potassium nitrate fertilizer (of which it supplies around 12% of world's total demand), dicalcium phosphate, animal feed and nitric acid, for markets in Europe and Asia. Numeira Mixed Salts and Mud Company is a limited liability company founded in 1997 and wholly owned by APC. Numeira produces "mixed salts" and "Dead Sea Mud ...

7. Potassium nitrate (data page) - Wikipedia

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   Potassium nitrate. Potassium nitrate is ... Nitric acid potassium salt; Salt Peter CAS No.: 7757-79-1 Molecular Weight: 101.1 Chemical Formula: K N O 3 [1] Hazards ...