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Sodium nitrite, with chemical formula NaNO2, is used as a color fixative and preservative in meats and fish. When pure, it is a white to slight yellowish crystalline powder. It is very soluble in water and is hygroscopic. It is also slowly oxidized by oxygen in the air to sodium nitrate, NaNO3. The compound is a strong oxidizing agent.
It is also used in manufacturing diazo dyes, nitroso compounds, and other organic compounds; in dyeing and printing textile fabrics and bleaching fibers; in photography; as a laboratory reagent and a corrosion inhibitor; in metal coatings for phosphatizing and detinning; and in the manufacture of rubber chemicals. It may also be used as an electrolyte in electrochemical grinding manufacturing processes, typically diluted to about 10% concentration in water.
Sodium Nitrite Specifications
Tests | Limits |
Appearance | White to off-white crystalline powder |
Purity (On dry basis) by KMnO4 titration | 99.00 % w/w Min. |
Loss on drying at 110ºC for 10 min. | 0.50 % w/w Max |
Alkalinity as Na2CO3 or NaOH by H2SO4 titration | 0.20 % w/w Max. |
Chloride as Cl by Nitrobenzene | 0.10 % w/w Max. |
Sodium Nitrate by PDSA | 1.00 % w/w Max. |
Water insoluble | 0.05 % w/w Max. |
Sulphate as SO4 by turbidity | 0.08 % w/w Max. |
Iron as Fe by Potassium thiocyanate | 0.002 % w/w Max. |
Heavy metal as Pb by visual colorimetric | 0.005 % w/w Max. |
Clarity of 30% aqueous solution | It should be clear solution |
The material can also be offered with anti-caking agent.
Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula NaNO3. This salt, also known as Chile saltpeter or Peru saltpeter (due to the large deposits found in each country) to distinguish it from ordinary saltpeter, potassium nitrate, is a white solid which is very soluble in water.
Sodium nitrate is used as an ingredient in fertilizers, pyrotechnics, as an ingredient in smoke bombs, as a food preservative, and as a solid rocket propellant, as well as in glass and pottery enamels.
Sodium Nitrate Specifications
Specifications | |
Appearance | White or slightly off white to Light cream colour powder |
Loss on drying | 1.00 % w/w Max. |
Purity (on dry basis) | 99.00 % w/w Min. |
Properties | |
Synonyms | Chile Saltpeter; Cubic nitre; Soda nitre. |
Molecular Weight | 85 |
Melting Point | 306°C |
Density | 2.26 gms/cm3 |
CAS No. | 7631-99-4 |
UN No. | 1498 |
EINECS No. | 231-554-3 |