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What substance was traditionally made with a mixture of sulfur charcoal and potassium nitrate?
Gunpowder
What substance is made from sulfur charcoal and potassium nitrate?
Those are the basic ingredients of gunpowder.
What fertiliser is made when potassium hydroxide reacts with nitric acid?
Potassium nitrate
Which alkaki has neutralised citric acid if the salt potassium nitrate is made?
This question cannot be answered because if you neutralise citric acid you will get a citrate, not a nitrate. To get potassium nitrate you will need the alkali potassium hydroxide and nitric acid.
What is the chemical formula of the salt produced by the neutralization of potassium hydroxide with nitric acid?
Potassium Nitrate+Water HNO3 (aq)+KOH (aq)-->KNO3 (aq)+H2O (l)
What is gunpowder made out of?
Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal powder, and Sulfur powder
What is black gun powder made of?
sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate
What substance was traditionally made with a mixture of sulfur charcoal and potassium nitrate?
Gunpowder
What substance is made from sulfur charcoal and potassium nitrate?
Those are the basic ingredients of gunpowder.
What was 18th century gun powder made out of?
Black powder was made of a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter (Potassium Nitrate)
How do you mine gunpowder?
Gunpowder isn't mined, although it is used in "mines", it is made from a compound of chemicals including charcoal, sulfur and potassium nitrate.
What was gun powder made from?
Black powder, the original form of gunpowder, was made from a combination of potassium nitrate (also known as saltpeter), charcoal, and sulfur in a 15:3:2 ratio.
What makes up the black powder?
Black powder is made up of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur in the ratio 75:15:10. These components are integrated finely into each other.
What are the 3 components of a blackpowder?
By black powder do you mean gunpowder? It is made of; charcoal, sulphur and saltpetre( sometime called potassium nitrate)
How to make rocket igniters?
what are some reliable ways to make an electronic igniter, for my rocket engines that i have made using, potassium nitrate, sulpher, and charcoal.
What components are flares made out of?
Flares give light or heat without an explosion and are often used to illuminate or signal. They may contain strontium nitrate or potassium nitrate as well as a fuel such as charcoal or magnesium.
What element used in gun powder?
In Black Powder, the oldest type, the element sulfur is a key ingredient. The compound sodium or potassium nitrate is also used, as is charcoal. For a reason not fully understood, the element carbon cannot be substituted for charcoal- which is basically carbon. SMOKELESS gunpowder, used in modern ammunition, is typically made of complex compounds, such as nitroglycerin and/or nitrocellulose, and not elements.
