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noun - (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
See sodium nitrate.
SALTPETER - Niter, or nitre (chiefly British), is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3, also known as saltpeter or saltpetre. Historically, the term niter...
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| Gunpowder compound |
| Gunpowder ingredient |
| chemical used as fertilizer |
| Gunpowder component |
| Compound used as an oxidizer in fireworks |
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| Also referred to as potassium nitrate or niter, this mineral was once used in gunpowder |
| Used in fireworks & gunpowder, potassium nitrate gets this other name from the Latin for "rock" |
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Niter, or nitre (chiefly British), is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3, also known as saltpeter or saltpetre. 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. * Related minerals are soda niter (sodium nitrate), ammonia niter or gwihabaite (ammonium nitrate), nitrostrontianite (strontium nitrate), nitrocalcite (calcium nitrate), nitromagnesite (magnesium nitrate), nitrobarite (barium nitrate) and two copper nitrates, gerhardtite and buttgenbachite; in fact all of the natural elements in the first three columns of the periodic table and numerous other cations form nitrates which are uncommonly found for the reasons given, but have been described. Niter was used to refer specifically to nitrated salts known as various types of saltpeter (only nitrated salts were good for making gunpowder) by the time niter and its deriv |