Chile saltpetre is the ore of:

iodine

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bromine

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sodium

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magnesium

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Solution

The correct option is B sodium
Sodium nitrate is $N a N O_{3}$ . It's salt is known as Chile saltpeter or Peru saltpeter (due to the large deposits found in the Atacama desert in these countries)

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