Potassium nitrate is used to make fireworks and black powder (which is used in gun powder).
Three commonly know uses for potassium nitrate are gunpowder, medicines, and plant fertilizer.
KNO3 is the chemical formula of potassium nitrate.
Potassium cyanide is a poison, it used to be available in chemical supply houses for nominal fees! Potassium Nitrate is the active ingredient in Smokeless powder- which of course has criminal applications- though quite legal for sporting ammunition. Black Powder uses Sodum Nitrate or saltpeter ( origin of odd term unknown) but smokeless uses Potassium Nitrate.
Potassium nitrate = KNO3
Technically, yes. Potassium nitrate is a potassium atom attached to the nitrate ion.
potassium nitrite
Potassium nitrate is a compound. Its formula is KNO3.
Potassium nitrate is composed of about 38.7% potassium.
Potassium nitrate is KNO3. There is one potassium per one nitrate. One mole of potassium nitrate contains one mole of nitrate.
Potassium nitrate is white.
In order to form a potassium nitrate solution, the ionic bond between potassium ions and nitrate ions in the solid potassium nitrate compound needs to be broken. This allows the potassium and nitrate ions to separate and become surrounded by water molecules, resulting in the formation of a potassium nitrate solution.
The chemical formula for potassium nitrate is KNO3.