Question

Name the following:

Salt referred to as Chile saltpetre.

Answer 1

• Saltpetre or saltpetre are naturally occurring nitrate salts found in rocks and soil in the form of powder and used in fertilisers and gunpowder. Because nitrates are a nitrogen source, saltpetre is also known as nitre. Saltpetre is known in Latin as "sal petrae," which translates as "rock salt."
• The chemical compound with the formula ${\mathrm{NaNO}}_3$ is sodium nitrate.
• To distinguish it from regular saltpetre, potassium nitrate, this salt is sometimes known as Chile saltpetre or Peru saltpetre (owing to enormous amounts discovered in both nations' Atacama deserts).
• Nitratine, nitratite, and soda niter are all names for the mineral form.
• Hence, Sodium Nitrate is known as chile saltpetre.