Item description: sodium nitrate. NaNO3 formula:. Chemical

properties: a colorless transparent or white microstrip

yellow rhombus crystallization, density °C 2.257 (20), taste

bitter salty, soluble in water and liquid hydrogen, slightly

soluble in ethanol, glycerin and easily in very small amounts

ChaoXie, containing sodium chloride impurity, sodium nitrate

ChaoXie sex is increase greatly. Sodium nitrate purposes:

manufacturing, explosives, GuWeiSuan and other nitrate,

but also can be used as glass defoaming agent and

decoloring agents, enamel of flux, metal cleaning and

preparation ferrous metals and aluminium heat treatment

aiming agent and the molten caustic soda decoloring

agents, agriculture as fertilizer

Molecular formula------NaNO3

Molar mass------84.9947 g/mol

Density------2.257 g/cm3, solid

Melting point------308 °C

Boiling point------380 °C decomp.

Solubility in water------92.1 g/100 ml (25 °C)

180 g/100mL (100 °C)

Solubility------very soluble in ammonia; soluble in alcohol

Appearance------White powder or colorless crystals

Sodium nitte is the chemical compound with the formula

NaNO3. It is a white solid which is very soluble in water.

The mineral form is also known as nitratine or soda niter.

Sodium nitrate is used as an ingredient in fertilizers,

pyrotechnics, as a food preservative, and as a solid

rocket propellant, as well as in glass and pottery enamels;

the compound has been mined extensively for those purposes.