Potassium Nitrate
Potassium Nitrate
General product information
Commodity: Potassium NitrateMolecular formula: KNO3
Specification: White crystalline
Assay≥ %
99
Potassium Oxide ≥ %
46
Nitrogen ≥ %
13
Moisture ≤ %
0.1
Chloride ≤ %
0.03
Water insolubes ≤ %
0.02
Function:
When potassium nitrate decomposes (on heating) it releases oxygen; it has been used extensively as the oxygen-supplying component of gunpowder since about 12th Century. It is also used in explosives, fireworks, model rocket propellants, matches, and fertilizers, as a preservative in foods (especially meats), and in the manufacture of nitric acid and of glass.
Packaging: Net weight 25kgs