Salt Petre, also called Nitre, or Potassium Nitrate.
any kind of salt works as long as you put enough in
Using only table salt, salt will turn a fire to a orange color, but to much salt and it will actually extinguish the fire.
Yes it can, if you put a lot of salt in the water. You'll see that it works it works for a great science project!
Salt works better in making water cold because it lowers the freezing point of water, allowing it to reach colder temperatures without freezing. Sugar does not have the same effect as salt on the freezing point of water.
Salt is not flammable. It can, however, change the color of a fire, depending upon the type of salt you use (with table salt you just get boring yellow fire).
William Brownrigg has written: 'The art of making common salt' -- subject(s): Salt industry and trade, Early works to 1800, Salt mines and mining
No kind of salt is in the list of ingredients to make the Draught of Living Death in Advanced Potion Making.
Lion Salt Works was created in 1894.
I don't know specifically about sword making, but I do know that immersing hot steel in a salt bath results in very fast quenching (cooling). It has probably been found that the properties of the steel after a salt bath quench works well for swords.
No, salt does not make a fire burn hotter. Salt can actually have the opposite effect as it can help to smother a fire by cutting off the oxygen supply. It is not recommended to use salt to try to increase the intensity of a fire.
All salt is kosher. "Kosher salt" is a particular grade of salt, with coarse crystals, that is used for making meat kosher, and is also useful in cooking. It's no more kosher than any other kind of salt.
Table salt is not flammable