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Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula K N O 3. It is a potassium salt of nitric acid . This salt consists of potassium cations K + and nitrate anions NO − 3 , and is therefore an alkali metal nitrate .
Chronic Exposure: Under some circumstances methemoglobinemia occurs in individuals when the nitrate is converted by bacteria in the stomach to nitrite. Nausea, vomiting, dizziness, rapid heart beat, irregular breathing, convulsions, coma, and death can occur should this conversion take place.
Sal petrae (Med. Latin: "stone salt")/salt of petra/saltpetre/nitrate of potash – potassium nitrate, KNO 3, typically mined from covered dungheaps. Salt/common salt – a mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, formed by evaporating seawater (impure form). Salt of tartar – potassium carbonate; also called potash.
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.
Saltpeter (or saltpetre) is the mineral form of potassium nitrate (KNO 3), a compound It may also sometimes refer to: Sodium nitrate (NaNO 3), a compound Chile saltpeter or nitratine, the mineral form; Norwegian saltpeter or calcium nitrate (Ca(NO 3) 2) Magnesium nitrate (Mg(NO 3) 2)
Niter or nitre [5] is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3.It is a soft, white, highly soluble mineral found primarily in arid climates or cave deposits. Historically, the term niter was not well differentiated from natron, both of which have been very vaguely defined but generally refer to compounds of sodium or potassium joined with carbonate or nitrate ions.
When a salt of a metal ion, with the generic formula MX n, is dissolved in water, it will dissociate into a cation and anions. [citation needed]+ + (aq) signifies that the ion is aquated, with cations having a chemical formula [M(H 2 O) p] q+ and anions whose state of aquation is generally unknown.
At the other extreme, cesium nitrate melts at 414 °C (777 °F) and decomposes at 584 °C. [2] 60:40 mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate is a liquid between 260–550 °C (500–1,022 °F). It has a heat of fusion of 161 J/g, [3] and a heat capacity of 1.53 J/(g·K). [4]