Sodium nitrate (sodium nitrate) in bags of 50kg Ukraine

SODIUM NITRATE, TECHNICAL (NITRATE SODIUM)

Other names: Chilean nitrate, soda nitrate

Chemical formula: NaNO3 GOST: 828-77

Sodium nitrate is a solid of white crystals. May have grayish or yellowish tint. Often it is called "Chilean nitrate". Sodium nitrate is supplied in tightly sealed bags made of laminated paper or polyethylene, and folded in 5-6 layers, so You can not worry about their own safety receipt of the goods. The chemical taste salty and bitter. Soluble in water is a strong oxidant. Sodium nitrate does not burn, but still is flammable and explosive, so the chemical should keep away from the fire. To humans the chemical is hazardous (class 3), can cause chemical burn, so it needs to work in a suit and respirator or the mask, gloves. This item is a lot of names: nitronitrite, nitronitrite, niter, nitratine, saniter.

Chemical used in agriculture as nitrogen fertilizer. It should not be confused with some other fertilizers, for example superphosphates, and is not recommended for use on soils of the salt marshes. In addition, it is used in food industry, preservative Е251 used in meat shops in the production of sausages. Also sodium nitrate is necessary in the production of glass, crystal, the optical glass.

 In metallurgy nitrates - a great help when soldering and oxidation of metals. It solution corrode pipes made of stainless steel. Also used in the manufacture salt lubricant for tubes during rolling on the machines. In the metal nitrate is a component of the quenching bath. Due to the fact that sodium nitrate is helps in the combustion process, it is added to pyrotechnic compositions, the composition rocket fuel, in heat storage compositions.