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What is saltpetre used for?

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How is saltpetre made?

Saltpetre is potasium nitrate.


What is the formula for saltpetre?

Formula: NaNO3


Is saltpetre a carbonate?

No. Saltpeter is a nitrate.


Which is used for gun powder?

Mostly saltpetre is used as gun powder for filling guns. During the industrial revolution , it was a very important import material for England. ********** The original gunpowder- Black Powder, is a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and saltpetre. Present day smokeless powder is based on guncotton (nitrocellulose) and/or nitroglycerin.


Mix saltpetre sulfur and charcoal what you get?

gunpowder


This long narrow country exports saltpetre which was used to make explosives until the haber process was invented?

Chile in South America


Which element was powdered and used in Victorian camera flashes?

Potassium nitrate(saltpetre) magnesium (mg) and sulphur(s) it was the first of its kind


How do you make saltpetre in Doodle God?

limestone+fertilizer


What country exports saltpetre to make explosives?

Chile :)


How do you get saltpetre in Doodle God?

Saltpeter = Limestone + Fertiliser


What is a mixture of sulphur and charcoal and saltpetre called?

Gun powder.


Common name for potassium nitrate?

nitre, saltpeter(KNO3), Chile saltpeter(NaNO3)