is potasium nitrate the same thing as sugar?

Question

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Answer 1

pfcourse not sugar is complex form of glucose and is made up of carbon ,oxygen and hydrogen.1 molecule of sugar contains 12 molecules of carbon,22 molevcules of hydrogen and 11 molecules of oxygen where as potassium nitrate is KNO-3..... The chemical compound potassium nitrate is a naturally occurring mineral source of nitrogen, but makes up the critical oxidising component of gun powder, was necessary for burning fuse technologies including slow matches and since it readily precipitates, was widely "harvested" since the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern era through the 19th century from urine from which it was forced to crystallise in various odiferous ways. It is a nitrate with chemical formula KNO3.

Answer 2

Nope. Table sugar is made up of Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen, where as Potassium Nitrate (as the name implies) is made up of Potassium, Nitrogen, and Oxygen.

Answer 3

When I was twelve years old, I had a chemistry set. (That was a long time ago, when they made REAL chemistry sets.) One of the chemicals it had was potassium nitrate. In one of the experiments I made a wick using potassium nitrate.
The chemical compound potassium nitrate is a naturally occurring mineral source of nitrogen, but makes up the critical oxidising component of gun powder, was necessary for burning fuse technologies including slow matches and since it readily precipitates, was widely "harvested" since the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern era through the 19th century from urine from which it was forced to crystallise in various odiferous ways. It is a nitrate with chemical formula KNO3.

In non-scientific use, the term sugar refers to sucrose (also called "table sugar" or "saccharose") — a white crystalline solid disaccharide. Humans most commonly use sucrose as their sugar of choice for altering the flavor and properties (such as mouthfeel, preservation, and texture) of beverages and food. Commercially-produced table sugar comes either from sugar-cane or from sugar-beet. Other sugars are frequently used for food preparation, including palm sugar and fructose, obtained from fruit.

In this informal sense, sugar is used principally to refer to crystalline sugars, whereas a great many foods exist which are principally sugar, but these are generally referred to as syrups, or have specific names eg honey, molasses. Many of these are in fact mostly sugar, and sugar may be dissolved in water to make a syrup.

Scientifically, sugar refers to any monosaccharide or disaccharide. Monosaccharides (also called "simple sugars"), such as glucose, store energy which biological cells use and consume.

Answer 4

No, potassium nitrate is KNO3 and sugar is made of carbon hydrogen and oxygen. They both look alike because they're both white crystals, and you can react them because potassium nitrate will release oxygen gas which will in turn combust your sugar.

Answer 5

Potassium Nitrate is KNO3
Sugar is a complex blend of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Answer 6

Potassium Nitrate is KNO3-Sugaris general term Sucrose is the one we use at home to sweeten coffee etc.Sucrose is made up of one molecule each of glucose and fructose.

Answer 7

No. Sugar is a complex blend of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Answer 8

Yes, they are two names for the same thing. Kellogg's once considered naming their cereal "Potassium Nitrate Pops", but they changed their mind.

Answer 9

KNO_3 is not the same as C_12 H_22 O_11