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What is the name of KNO3?
Potassium Nitrate
Potassium nitrate/IUPAC ID
What is potassium nitrate?
: a crystalline salt KNO3 that occurs as a product of nitrification in arable soils, is a strong oxidizer, and is used especially in making gunpowder, as a fertilizer, and in medicine.
What is the local name of potassium nitrate?
saltpetre
It is a nitrate with chemical formula KNO3. Its common names include saltpetre (from Medieval Latin sal petrae: “stone salt” or possibly “Salt of Petra”), American English salt peter, Nitrate of potash and nitre.
How do you name potassium nitrate?
What is Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)? KNO3 is a chemical compound with chemical name Potassium Nitrate. Potassium nitrate also called saltpeter or niter, a white solid soluble in water formed by fractional crystallization of sodium nitrate and potassium chloride solutions.
What is the name of PO4?
PHOSPHATE ION
PO4 : Summary
| Code | PO4 |
|---|---|
| Molecule name | PHOSPHATE ION |
| Systematic names | Program Version Name ACDLabs 10.04 phosphate OpenEye OEToolkits 1.5.0 phosphate |
| Formula | O4 P |
| Formal charge | -3 |
How is potassium nitrate formed?
Production. Potassium nitrate can be made by combining ammonium nitrate and potassium hydroxide. An alternative way of producing potassium nitrate without a by-product of ammonia is to combine ammonium nitrate, found in instant ice packs, and potassium chloride, easily obtained as a sodium-free salt substitute.
How does potassium nitrate form?
Formation. Potassium nitrate forms naturally in warm climates. Bacteria from the decomposition of feces, urine and plants combine with air, moisture, plant ash and alkaline soil to create nitrification—the conversion of the decaying matter into nitrates that penetrate the soil.
Why is NO3 called nitrate?
When a laboratory reports directly the concentration of nitrate, it is referring specifically to the nitrate ion, which is designated chemically as NO3-. Nitrate is one part nitrogen plus three parts oxygen so nitrogen only makes up about 22.6 percent on the nitrate ion.