CAS Number: 7758-09-0
Molecular Weight: 85.1
Molecular Formula: KNO2
Solubility: Soluble
in water (290 mg/ml at 20° C).
Storage: Store
at room temperature
Melting Point: 350° C (lit.)(dec.)
Density: 1.92
g/cm3 at 20° C
Application: A reagent that acts as a strong oxidizer and accelerates
combustion reactions
Description:
Potassium nitrite is a bare white apparent
solid. Noncombustible but accelerates the afire of all burnable material. If
ample quantities are complex in blaze or if the burnable actual is cautiously
divided, an access may result. May backfire beneath abiding acknowledgment to
heat. Toxic oxides of nitrogen are produced in fires. Used to accomplish added
chemicals and in actinic analysis.Used in abstracts as a antecedent of
nitrites, which was empiric to abatement claret burden and advance to
hypertrophy.
