Sodium nitrate are fine crystalline white slight hygroscopic odourless powder that is soluble in water upon heating. It is stable in neutral or alkaline solutions.

Physical Properties

• Physical state: solid 
• Appearance: White crystalline powder 
• Melting Point: 308 °C 
• Stability: Store in cool place. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Do not store near combustible materials. 
• Specific Gravity: 2.257g/cm3 
• Solubility water: 780 gpl (At 15 C)

Application

• Construction: As a concrete additive for achieving special properties.
• Chemical and Pharmaceutical: As an oxidizing agent. For the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals, nitrates etc. & firecracker.
• Chemical Industries: For the manufacture of corrosion inhibitors. As a component of heat transfer salts (e. g. tempering and quenching salts) in many industrial sectors.
• Glass and Enamel Industry: For refining the glass/enamel melt in the manufacture of high-quality glasses and enamel products.
• Metal industry: In electrolytic deburring. As a constituent of melts for descaling steel. In the pickling of aluminium. For the production of baths for burnishing steel. As an accelerator in phosphating. For cleaning and decolourising in enamelling. For refining lead (HARRIS process). As a flux.
• Industrial explosive and Pyrotechnics industries: For the manufacture of explosives, black powders, flares, etc. Sodium nitrate is also used as a lighting fuel for charcoal.

Packaging

50 Kg HDPE woven bags with LDPE liner. Customized packaging available upon request.