Properties

colorless transparent or white with yellowish diamond crystals, density 2.257 (at 20℃), bitter and salty, easily soluble in water and liquid ammonia, slightly soluble in glycerol and ethanol, easy to deliquesce, containing a small amount of chlorination In the case of sodium impurities, the deliquescent of sodium nitrate is greatly increased.

Applications

The enamel industry is used as a flux, an oxidizer and a raw material for the preparation of enamel powder. The glass industry is used as a decolorant, defoamer, clarifier and oxidation flux for all kinds of glass and products. The inorganic industry is used as a decolorant for molten caustic soda and for the manufacture of other nitrates. The food industry is used as a chromogenic agent for meat processing, which can prevent meat from deteriorating and play a seasoning role. The chemical fertilizer industry is used as a quick-acting fertilizer for acid soil, especially for root-determining crops, such as sugar beet, radish and so on. The dye industry is used as raw material for the production of picric acid and dyes. Metallurgical industry is used as heat treatment agent for steelmaking and aluminum alloy. Machine City Industry is used as a metal cleaning agent and the preparation of ferrous metal bluing agent. The pharmaceutical industry is used as a medium for penicillin. The cigarette industry is used as an accelerant for tobacco. Used as a chemical reagent in analytical chemistry. In addition, it is also used in the production of explosives. Chemically pure sodium nitrate is used in low chromic acid passivation of zinc coating and oxidation solution of magnesium alloy.