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Sulfur nitrate has quite a few uses. A few examples of what sulfur nitrate is used for would include matches to light a stove, fertilizers, and medications containing sulfa.
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What is gunpowder made out of?
Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal powder, and Sulfur powder
What has sulfur been used in the past?
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What element is used in match heads and fungicides?
sulfur is the element that is used in insecticides.
Why are copper nitrate and sulfur nitrate the same colour?
Well for one reason is on the periodic table the transition metals such as copper, and the non metals such as sulfur are in the same family but not the same group their atomic number is slightly different due to the number of protons, and neutrons. Their atomic mass is quite similar to this is why they are virtually identical.
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
What was used before gunpowder?
they used black power, composed of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate.
What is gunpowder made out of?
Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal powder, and Sulfur powder
What are the number of sulfur atoms in a sample of 21.6 g of mercury1 nitrate?
Mercury I nitrate does not contain sulfur unless the sample is contaminated.
What element was used to make the first bomb?
Carbon, Sulfur, Potassium, Nitrogen, Oxygen. In the form of Carbon, Sulfur, and Potassium Nitrate. The mixture is called Black Powder.
What is sulfur nitrate?
A non-existant chemical compound!
Does gunpowder have acid in it?
Well it has Carbon, Sulfur and Potassium Nitrate, and Potassium Nitrate can be classified as an acid, yes.
What are the componets of gun powder?
potassium nitrate, charcoal, sulfur.
What is made from sulfur charcoal and potassium nitrate?
This is the composition of gunpowder.
Element used to make matches?
The element phosphorus is used in making matches. The other substances that are present in matches are glue, potassium nitrate, sulfur and carbon.
What components are in black powder?
Potassium nitrate, or saltpeter charcoal and sulfur
What is black gun powder made of?
sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate
What materials make sulfur explosive?
sorry- we don't give advice on making explosives. --------- The gun powder is a mixture of sulfur, potassium nitrate (or sodium nitrate( and granulated charcoal. Nitrates act as oxidants.
