Sodium nitrate

Name :Sodium nitrate

Molecular Formula :NaNO3

Molecular Weight :84.99

CAS Registry Number :7631-99-4

EINECS :231-554-3

Density :2.26

Melting point :306 ºC

Boiling point :380 ºC

Water solubility :900 g/L (20 ºC)

Packing: 25 kg plastic bags, 50 kg / 500 kg / 1000 kg FIBC, or customized according to customer specific requirements.
Product Description: Properties: colorless transparent or white diamond-shaped microstrip yellow crystalline, slightly bitter taste, soluble in water, liquid ammonia, slightly soluble in glycerol and ethanol, deliquescent, very small amount of sodium chloride in the presence of impurities when sodium nitrate deliquescence on greatly increased. . Density of 2.257 (20 ℃), the relative molecular mass of 84.99. Melting point of 306 ℃, boiling point: 380 ℃. The combustion products, with irritation.
Uses: Sodium nitrate used as a flux in enamel industry, oxidants, and the raw material for the preparation of enamel powder. Glass and glass products industry for a variety of bleaching agents, defoamers, clarifying agents and oxidative flux. Industry as a hunger-free molten caustic soda used in the manufacture of bleaching agents and other nitrates. Meat processing in the food industry as a hair color agent, to prevent deterioration of meat and seasoning can play the role. In the fertilizer industry as a quick application of acidic soil fertilizer, especially for root crops must. Picric acid in the dye industry for the production of raw materials and dyes. In the metallurgical industry as steel, aluminum alloy heat treatment agent. Industrial city in the machine for metal cleaning agent and preparation of black metal blue agent. Penicillin in the pharmaceutical industry for the medium. Tobacco in the cigarette industry as accelerant. In analytical chemistry for chemical reagents. In addition, sodium nitrate is also used in the production of explosives used in the enamel, glass, dyes, pharmaceuticals, agriculture as fertilizer.
Alias​​: sodium saltpeter; blue powder; grain nitrate; salt and sodium