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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
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What kind of reaction is ammonium nitrate and sodium hydroxide?
endothermic reaction
What kind of solid is KCl?
An ionically bonded salt.
What color do you get when you burn potassium chloride?
A lila color, from potassium spectral lines.
What kind of reaction takes place when a copper wire is added is to a beaker of silver nitrate?
A displacement reaction, in which the copper dissolves to form copper nitrate and replaces silver ions in the original silver nitrate, reducing the silver ions to metallic silver.
What kind of reaction takes place when a copper wire is added to a beaker of silver nitrate?
The copper and silver will combust.
What kind of salt is used in making fire works?
Salt Petre, also called Nitre, or Potassium Nitrate.
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
Is Calcium nitrate insoluble salt?
No as with every other kind of nitrate it is soluble.
What kind of dog did robbie burns have?
what kind of dog did Robert Burns have
What kind of salt is always formed in reactions with nitric acid?
Nitrate + plus whatever cation you want to pair it with. Sodium, calcium, ammonium, or potassium most commonly.
What kind of ion is nitrate ammonium and carbonate are?
polyatomic ions
What kind organic compound is potassium?
Potassium is not an organic compound, it is a pure substance, an element.
What kind of bonding does the particles in potassium have?
Pure potassium is held together by metallic bonds.
What is the name for aluminum and nitrate ion?
You need to specify what kind of name before anyone can answer this? ALuminum is aluminum and Nitrate is a polyatomic ion.
What kind of compound is potassium chloride?
compound
What kind of a substance is KCl?
potassium chloride
What kind of reaction is ammonium nitrate and sodium hydroxide?
endothermic reaction
