A teacher at my college had this on a test. I answered no and got it wrong. I researched it and found that sodium nitrate is used in bombs, explosives, and rocket propelents, but i found nothing about sodium nitrite being used in anything even similar.
2007-04-21 11:37:00 · 8 answers · asked by Addicted Chef 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Soduim Nitrite, NaNO2, is a preservative in food. Sodium NitrAte, NaNO3, is indeed an explosive. The difference is the extra Oxygen, which makes NaNO3 much more unstable than NaNO2, and thus much more explosive.
2007-04-21 11:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by Supermatt100 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is Sodium Explosive
2016-10-18 03:51:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of sodium nitrite being used for that purpose. I do however, know that ammonia nitrate and potassium nitrate are used. I should note that these are all now controlled chemicals and note easy to get ahold of for obvious reasons.
2007-04-21 11:42:27 · answer #3 · answered by Hecaeta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nitrate packs more oxygen for oxidation than does the nitrite. Nitrites are used in meat preservation because it keeps food form changing color with storage and destroys meat-spoiling organisms.
2007-04-21 11:47:07 · answer #4 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sodium nitrite can't be used in bombs, mostly KI and Sodium nitrate and and Lithium(mostly in atomic bombs for reducing speed of neutrons to be combined with T.N.T) are used.
2007-04-22 04:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by Masoud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Potassium nitrate is commonly used. Sodium nitrate is in the same family of chemicals.
2007-04-21 11:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-21 11:40:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats a sensitive question. I am not answering this.
2007-04-21 11:39:55 · answer #8 · answered by African 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋