Potassium Nitrate

Applications

Potassium Nitrate also known as saltpeter has a wide variety of industrial applications, it’s used to manufacture glass, temper steel, in energy storage salts, it’s used in fireworks, fluxes, matches, explosives, rocket propellants, fertilizers, and baths for silver and copper plating; it’s used to support combustion in gas cartridges. Industrial use only.

WC Code: 16-022-01

Sales Specification

Appearance: White Prilled
Apparent Density: 1200kg/m3
Melting Point: 333?C
Solubility in Water: 31kg/ 100kg water to 20?C
Purity as KNO3: 98% Min
Chloride: 0.3 % Max
Fe: < 5 ppm
Cu: < 1 ppm
Cr: < 1 ppm
Pb: < 5 ppm
As: < 0.2 ppm