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Can potassium nitrate be used for rocket fuel instead of liquid oxygen?
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∙ 8y ago
It could be, but liquid oxygen works better. It could be made to work in solid rocket boosters, but those usually use ammonium perchlorate instead, because it can provide more energy.
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What element is both found in potassium chlorate and zinc nitrate?
Oxygen is present in both zinc nitrate and potassium chlorate. Potassium chlorate = KClO3 and zinc nitrate = ZnNO3 .
What are the elements of potassium nitrate?
Potassium Nitrate (aka, Saltpeter or Niter) is chemically, KNO3. It contains 3 Elements ... Potassium (K) Nitrogen (N) and Oxygen (O)
What compound is made by pottasium nitrogen and oxygen?
You could have potassium nitrate KNO3 or potassium nitrite KNO2.
What compound does the formula KNO3 make?
Definitions of KNO3 on the Web:Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula KNO3. A naturally occurring mineral source of nitrogen, KNO3 constitutes a critical oxidizing component of black powder/gunpowderWith the K being potassium, N being Nitrogen and the O being oxygen
What is the balance equation potassium nitrate produces potassium nitrite plus oxygen gas?
2 KNO3 ↔ 2 KNO2 + O2
What element is both found in potassium chlorate and zinc nitrate?
Oxygen is present in both zinc nitrate and potassium chlorate. Potassium chlorate = KClO3 and zinc nitrate = ZnNO3 .
What is the effect of heat on the nitrate of potassium?
it decomposes into potassium nitrite and oxygen.
What does Potassium nitrate do when met with oxygen?
Potassium nitrate itself is a source of oxygen, and it is not flammable by itself. So in oxygen, even in a very high amount of it, nothing would happen. However, if any combustible substance is combined with potassium nitrate and ignited, it would burn.
What compound has 1 potassium 1 nitrogen and 3 oxygen's?
Potassium nitrate, KNO3.
What are the elements of potassium nitrate?
Potassium Nitrate (aka, Saltpeter or Niter) is chemically, KNO3. It contains 3 Elements ... Potassium (K) Nitrogen (N) and Oxygen (O)
What is potassium and nitrogen and oxygen combined?
The chemical formula of potassium nitrate is KNO3.
How many potassium atoms and how many oxygen atoms are in magnesium nitrate?
Magnesium nitrate is MgNO3 and there are one magnesium atom one nitrogen atom three oxygen atoms no potassium atoms
What compound is made by pottasium nitrogen and oxygen?
You could have potassium nitrate KNO3 or potassium nitrite KNO2.
What is the mass of oxygen in 5.2 g of potassium nitrate?
This mass is 2,469 g.
When potassium nitrate is heated it decomposes into potassium nitrate and oxygen write a balanced equation for this reaction and state the symbols the reactants and products?
Kn2 heat equal kn2+o2
Do fireworks contain oxygen?
Yes. Every firework has oxygen in it. Fireworks require oxygen to burn, However it isn't pure oxygen. It's always in a compound such as potassium nitrate, (KNO3) potassium perchlorate, (KClO4) or potassium chlorate (KClO3)
When potassium nitrate burns what kind of gas is produced?
Potassium nitrate doesn't burn The oxidation numbers of all of the elemnst are K +1, N +5 so they are as oxidised as they can get. Potassium nitrate was a constiten t of gun powder- it was a source of oxygen for the explosive combustion of the carbon and sulfur
