sodium nitrate

Properties: colorless, transparent or white microstrip yellow diamond crystal, bitter salt, soluble in water and liquid ammonia, slightly soluble in glycerol and ethanol, easy deliquescence, containing a very small amount of chloride sodium impurities, the sodium nitrate deliquescence of the greatly increased. Specifications: Inspection Item Ind. G. Food. G. Assay ≥99% ≥99% Moisture ≤1.8% ≤1.5% Water Insolubles ≤0.06% ≤0.03% Nitrites ≤0.02% ≤0.01% Chlorides ≤0.24% ≤0.40% Carbonates ≤0.10 % ≤0.10% Iron ≤0.005% ≤0.005% Heavy Metal -- ≤0.002% Arsenic -- ≤0.0002%