Niter potassium nitrate

To make the other acids, the appropriate salt, sea salt (sodium chloride), or niter (potassium nitrate), was ground fine and thoroughly mixed with potters clay, rolled into balls, and placed in a proper container for distillation. The function of the clay is to divide the parts of the salt and make it easier for the acids to be distilled off, which combining with moisture in the air form the solution called the acid spirit of sea salt or of niter, as the case might be. If the apparatus is properly arranged, the solution can be collected in a receiver. The reason why the clay is unnecessary in the production of Acid spirit of vitriol is that Vitriol contains earth enough. ... 

There are a number of mineral and metallic salts which have a long association with the alchemical art. The fifteenth century alchemist, Isaac Holland describes The Hand of the Philosophers as being an assembly of important salts in alchemical works. These salts include Niter (potassium nitrate), Sal Ammoniac (ammonium chloride), Vitriol (copper or iron sulfate), Alum (potassium aluminum sulfate), and common salt (sodium chloride). 

Saltpeter (Niter) (Potassium nitrate) Pyrotechnics Explosives Matches Medicine Natural deposits Drug store... 

Like those of so many other elements we have discussed, nitrogen compounds were well-known long before the free element was isolated. Ammonium salts such as sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride) have been characterized since the fifth century B.C. aquafortis (nitric acid) was described in the thirteenth century and by the end of the sixteenth century was in high demand for the separation of silver and gold. Saltpeter, or niter (potassium nitrate), and Chilean saltpeter (sodium nitrate) have long been prized as fertilizers and for use in gunpowder. 

Nantokite, see Copper(I) chloride Natron, see Sodium carbonate Naumannite, see Silver selenide Neutral verdigris, see Copper(H) acetate Nitre (niter), see Potassium nitrate Nitric oxide, see Nitrogen(II) oxide Nitrobarite, see Barium nitrate Nitromagnesite, see Magnesium nitrate 6-water Nitroprusside, see Sodium pentacyanonitrosylfer-rate(II) 2-water... 

The potassium nitrate used in gunpowder was originally obtained from natural mineral deposits of niter. Small quantities formed as efflorescence deposits on damp stone walls were... 

POTASSIUM NITRATE KNOj saltpeter, niter Drug store... 

Nitrate, Potassium nitrate, [CAS 7757-79-1], saltpeter, niter, KNO3. white solid, soluble, mp 333°C, formed by fractional crystallization of sodium nitrate and potassium chloride solutions. Used Cl) in matches, explosives, pyrotechnics, (2) in the pickling of meat. (3) in glass, (4) in medicines, (5) as a rocket-fuel oxidizer, and (6) in the heal treatment of steel. See also Fertilizer. 

The first and foremost salt placed on the Hand is Niter or Saltpeter, which Holland calls the King of Salts and the Crown. It is the thumb of the hand. "He is the mill, through which everything must be ground". Today we call it potassium nitrate (KNO3) and it is a powerful oxidizer—the main ingredient in gunpowder. 

In the old days, niter was obtained from specially prepared and attended piles of decomposing plant and animal wastes, wood ashes, and loose soil. The nitrogen-containing compounds decompose and form nitric acid which reacts with the potassium salts in the plant ash to form potassium nitrate. This all takes some time, at least one to three years, so there would be many different niter beds working to harvest at any time. 

At harvest, the pile is leached with water and the water evaporated to obtain the niter as crystals which are then purified by recrystallizing several times. The commercial potassium nitrate of today is usually generated from the waste products of other chemical processing industries and is not considered to be Philosophical. This holds true for most of these salts we are discussing. Prior to use they must be reanimated or recharged with Fire. 

N nitrogen, 7, a gas, 1772 from the French nitrog ne (generator of niter, which is sodium or potassium nitrate). 

The natural form of potassium nitrate—called niter or saltpeter—is one of the three components of gunpowder (today commonly referred to as black powder ), which consists of 75 percent KN03, 15 percent charcoal, and 10 percent sulfur. The three components are ground together into a very fine powder. 

Potassium nitrate 4194 KNO3 Niter nitrate of potassa nitre saltpeter. Potassium oxalate K2C2O4 Neutral oxalate of potassa sail of lemon. Potassium permanganate 3941, 4190 KMn04 Permanganate of potash. Potassium quadroxalate See potassium acid oxalate. 

NITER (7757-79-1) see potassium nitrate. NITRAM (6484-52-2) see ammonium nitrate. 

Potassium nitrate (poe-TAS-ee-yum NYE-trate) is transparent, colorless, or white, and may be crystalline or powdery solid. It is odorless with a sharp, cool, salty taste. It is slightly hygroscopic, that is, having a tendency to absorb moisture from the air. Potassium nitrate, more commonly known as saltpeter or niter, has been used by humans for many centuries. Going hack as far as ancient Chinese civilizations, the compound was used as an ingredient in fireworks, to preserve foods, to make incense burn more evenly, to increase the male sex drive, and for magic potions. 

Iodine was first prepared in 1811 by the French chemist Courtois, who was engaged in the production of potassium nitrate from niter beds for Napoleon s armies. He thought of it as an impurity in the soda ash derived from seaweed which he could isolate as black powder by adding sulfuric acid to the liquor. The black precipitate released a violet vapor on heating (Courtois, 1813),which was recognized as a new element by Gay-Lussac he gave the Greek name for the color of the vapor, ioeides, and described a number of it s compounds (Lussac, 1814). 

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