Niter or nitre is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3. It is a soft, white, highly soluble mineral found primarily in arid climates or cave deposits...

3 H2O Alternatively the salt can be obtained by the reaction of sodium nitrate with sodium amide. 3 NaNH2 + NaNO3 → NaN3 + 3 NaOH + NH3 Treatment of sodium...

A second method involves heating a mixture of sodium azide and sodium nitrate: 5 NaN3 + NaNO3 → 3 Na2O + 8 N2 Burning sodium in air produces a mixture...

natron is a French cognate derived from the Spanish natrón through Latin natrium and Greek nitron (νίτρον). This derives from the Ancient Egyptian word...

Alternatively and more conveniently, K2O is synthesized by heating potassium nitrate with metallic potassium: 2 KNO 3 + 10 K ⟶ 6 K 2 O + N 2 ↑ {\displaystyle...

Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium...

Merbromin Nitromersol Thiomersal Mercuric iodide Silver compounds Silver nitrate Alcohols Propanol (propyl alcohol) Isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol) Ethanol...

Nonproprietary Name; the disodium salt) and sold under the brand names Naclobenz-Natrium, Spergisin, and Speton, is a vaginal disinfectant or antiseptic and spermicidal...

Johannes (1882). "Ueber die Schätzung von Haftenenergien der Halogene und des Natriums an organischen Resten". Ann. Chem. 212: 239–250. doi:10.1002/jlac.18822120107...

"quicksilver", and in a few archaic terms such as lunar caustic (silver nitrate) and saturnism (lead poisoning). The following symbols were employed by...