Nitrate

Silver nitrate is a compound with many practical and non-practical uses. Like many other compounds, it is very helpful in discovering the many reactions that lie in our seemingly endless periodic table of elements. A few of the categories that utilize this compound are, laboratory work, manufacturing, biology research, medical history, photography, and even the art of ceramics. Silver nitrate has been known by scientists worldwide to be very helpful in detecting the presence of Chlorine,…

forever. III. The main idea of the “Turning Bombs into Fertilizer” is: materials from bombs, such as ammonium nitrate, is a main ingredient in farmer’s fertilizer. One fact or example that supports the main idea is after world war two, the government found a huge surplus of ammonium nitrate left over. Scientists in the department of agriculture had an idea to spread the ammonium nitrate on farmland as fertilizer, thus the government helped launch the chemical fertilizer industry. Another…

Explain the chemical properties of nitrates Almost all inorganic nitrate salts are soluble in water at standard temperature and pressure (NOAA). Nitrates are widely used in very large quantities as fertilizers in agriculture because of their readiness to decompose and release nitrogen for plant growth and because of their ready solubility ensuring that nitrate ions can be absorbed by plant root hairs. (NOAA). Nitrate compounds have a wide range of uses which rely on their activity as…

curve for potassium nitrate in water by measuring saturation temperatures for six different solution concentrations. We form a group of four and were assigned to work on series one while the other group work on series two. Throughout the lab, we set a hot bath water temperature at 85 degree celsius which affected how potassium nitrate dissolves in water and changed the saturation temperature. In addition, our group discovered that the mass of test tubes plus potassium nitrate relates to the…

Nitrate is monitored for environmental protection purposes in agriculture, food controls and multiple water sources. Generally nitrogen levels are low in unpolluted water but can be found in small amounts. Determining the presence of nitrate can be difficult due to the small amounts of nitrate in water. Nitrate can be found in rivers lakes and ground water. Nitrate nitrogen is the pre dominant form of nitrogen. A high level of nitrate present in water indicates that there was organic pollution…

My second critical response essay is on the reading Getting Fossil Fuels Off the Plate by Michael Bomford. This reading is about how food is grown, processed, and transported around the world and how much energy it takes to get food from its origin to your plate. Our aptitude to obtain food with ease is our most treasured resource, but regrettably our present structures of food production, especially agriculture, are causative to the failing strength of the world’s air and water, while…

The nitrate test was conducted in order to see if nitrate was present. After the addition of two percent acetic acid the unknown had no color change (negative) and therefore the test could not be used for Pseudomonas species. In order to see if the unknown could use citrate as its…

equation for the reaction of our gunpowder is 10Na NO3 + 8C + 3S → 2 Na2 CO3 + 3Na2SO4 + 6CO2 + 5N2. This shows that Sodium Nitrate is reacting with Carbon/Charcoal and Sulfur to form Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide, Sodium Carbonate, and Sodium Sulfate. In gunpowder, the Sodium Nitrate is decomposed at a high temperature to produce oxygen for the gunpowder reaction. Since the Sodium Nitrate is able to…

At every barbeque, picnic, outing, or family get together, hot dogs are consumed. Millions of people adore hot dogs, and just cannot get enough of them. Millions are bought and devoured by the human race. They can be grilled or boiled, and then you can put ketchup, mustard, onions, and other delicious condiments on top. Most people are too busy adoring the food to ask, what is really in a hot dog? The first ingredient is mechanically separated meat. It is light pink and looks like strawberry…

How gunpowder changed warfare How gunpowder was invented is that some scientists in china were experimenting Saltpeter a powerful agent potassium nitrate. It was used in medical compounds for years until a man thought about mixing the potassium agent with sulfur and charcoal, it had a result of a mysterious powder. Some observers said that smoke and fire the scientist’s body parts were burnt and the houses that they were working at burnt down too. The powder was used by the reigning Sung…