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  2. Potassium nitrate - Wikipedia

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    Potassium nitrate can be made by combining ammonium nitrate and potassium hydroxide. NH 4 NO 3 + KOH → NH 3 + KNO 3 + H 2 O. An alternative way of producing potassium nitrate without a by-product of ammonia is to combine ammonium nitrate, found in instant ice packs, [30] and potassium chloride, easily obtained as a sodium-free salt substitute.

  3. Saltpetre works - Wikipedia

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    The process involved burial of excrements (human or animal) in the fields prepared for that purpose beside the nitraries, watering them and waiting until the leaching process did its job; after a certain time, operators gathered the saltpeter that "came out" to the ground surface by efflorescence.

  4. Molten salt - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Potassium nitrate (data page) - Wikipedia

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    Potassium nitrate. Potassium nitrate is an oxidizer so storing it near fire hazards or reducing agents should be avoided to minimise risk in case of a fire. Product Identification

  6. Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification - Wikipedia

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    Typically, SNdN has slower ammonia and nitrate utilization rates as compared to separate basin designs because only a fraction of the total biomass is participating in either the nitrification or the denitrification steps. The SNdN limitation due to partial active biomass has led to research in novel bacteria and system designs. [3]

  7. Birkeland–Eyde process - Wikipedia

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    The Birkeland–Eyde process was one of the competing industrial processes in the beginning of nitrogen-based fertilizer production. It is a multi-step nitrogen fixation reaction that uses electrical arcs to react atmospheric nitrogen (N 2 ) with oxygen (O 2 ), ultimately producing nitric acid (HNO 3 ) with water. [ 1 ]

  8. Water purification - Wikipedia

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    Station for complex water treatment SKO-10K. One of the first steps in most conventional water purification processes is the addition of chemicals to assist in the removal of particles suspended in water. Particles can be inorganic such as clay and silt or organic such as algae, bacteria, viruses, protozoa and natural organic matter.

  9. Hoagland solution - Wikipedia

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    The main difference between solution (1) and solution (2) is the different use of nitrate-nitrogen and ammonium-nitrogen based stock solutions to prepare the respective Hoagland solution of interest. Accordingly, the original 1933 and the modified concentrations of 1938 and 1950 for each essential element and sodium are shown below, the ...