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Potassium nitrate

Catalog No. A14527 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 7757-79-1 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
硝酸钾
IUPAC name
potassium nitrate
IUPAC Traditional name
potassium nitrate

DATABASE IDS

EC Number 231-818-8
CAS Number 7757-79-1
MDL Number MFCD00011409
Merck Index 147648

PROPERTIES

Purity 99%
Boiling Point 400°C dec.
Density 2.109
Melting Point 334°C
GHS Pictograms GHS03
GHS Hazard statements H272-H303
European Hazard Symbols Oxidising Oxidising (O)
GHS Precautionary statements P221-P210-P220-P280-P312-P501A
Risk Statements 8
RTECS TT3700000
Safety Statements 16-17-41-60
Storage Warning Hygroscopic
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 5.1
UN Number UN1486
Packing Group III

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • In combination with SO2Cl2, aromatic thiols are converted to sulfonyl chlorides: Chem. Lett., 1483 (1992).
  • In combination with BF3 etherate, aromatic rings are nitrated: Synthesis, 1087 (1992).
  • In the presence of hydrated BF3, alkyl nitrates free of the nitrite can be prepared: Synthesis, 207 (1993).