Potassium Nitrate

Product Code : SCL-LC-12281

The Potassium Nitrate Lab Chemical is an inorganic nitrate salt reagent used for supervised chemistry experiments involving nitrate salts, oxidising-agent behaviour, solubility, crystallisation, and qualitative inorganic chemistry. It is suitable for schools, colleges, chemistry laboratories, science departments, institutional tenders, distributors, and educational procurement buyers.

Product Description

Potassium Nitrate from Science Lab Supplies is intended for controlled educational and laboratory use where a potassium nitrate reagent is required under an approved SOP. The exact grade, assay, pack size, physical form, batch number, shelf life, SDS, COA, and transport documents must be confirmed before final publication or quotation.

Potassium nitrate is commonly represented as KNO₃. It is a potassium salt of nitric acid and an oxidising nitrate compound. In teaching laboratories, it can support lessons on nitrate ions, inorganic salts, oxidisers, solubility, crystallisation, and ionic reactions where the syllabus, SOP, and SDS permit. This page describes laboratory-use potassium nitrate only, not pyrotechnic, explosive, agricultural, food, or consumer use.

Key Features

• Inorganic nitrate reagent: suitable for supervised chemistry teaching and approved laboratory practicals.
• Formula reference: potassium nitrate is represented as KNO₃.
• Oxidising salt behaviour: useful for teaching oxidiser classification and safe chemical segregation.
• Teaching-lab relevance: supports lessons on nitrate salts, solubility, crystallisation, and qualitative analysis.
• Strict compatibility control: must be kept away from combustibles, reducing agents, and incompatible materials.
• Pack size verification: supplied quantity and container type must be confirmed from the final quotation.
• Documentation-led procurement: SDS, COA, assay, batch number, and transport classification should be verified before use.

Technical Specifications

What's Included in the Kit

• 1 × Potassium Nitrate pack
• Safety Data Sheet, Certificate of Analysis, batch label, expiry/shelf-life detail, and transport documents

Applications / Uses

• Teaching nitrate salts and potassium compounds in supervised chemistry laboratories
• Supporting approved qualitative inorganic chemistry demonstrations
• Explaining oxidising-agent behaviour and chemical-storage segregation
• Preparing approved laboratory solutions under institutional SOP and SDS guidance
• Supporting solubility, crystallisation, and ionic reaction observations
• Supporting tender-based procurement for controlled chemistry lab chemical inventories

How to Use the Potassium Nitrate

1. Read the current SDS, product label, and institutional risk assessment before use.
2. Allow trained laboratory personnel to dispense the chemical for supervised practical work.
3. Wear suitable PPE, including lab coat, gloves, and eye protection.
4. Use only the quantity required by the approved laboratory procedure.
5. Measure the chemical with a clean, dry spatula or weighing tool.
6. Prepare solutions only in labelled, compatible glassware or containers.
7. Keep away from combustible materials, reducing agents, organic materials, and incompatible chemicals.
8. Dispose of residues according to institutional chemical-waste rules.

Safety note: Potassium Nitrate Lab Chemical must be handled as an oxidising nitrate reagent. Do not ingest, inhale dust, heat unnecessarily, mix with fuels or reducing agents, or issue for unsupervised student handling.

Care & Maintenance

• Store tightly closed in a cool, dry, ventilated chemical-storage area.
• Keep separated from combustibles, reducing agents, organic materials, food items, and unlabelled containers.
• Use clean, dry tools and avoid returning unused or contaminated material to the original pack.
• Maintain SDS, COA, batch number, grade, pack size, and transport classification records for audit control.

Why Choose Science Lab Supplies

Science Lab Supplies manufactures and exports scientific laboratory instruments, lab experiment setups, science kits, mathematics kits, didactic models, and STEM models. Its lab-chemical range supports chemistry laboratories with salts, acids, bases, solvents, oxidising reagents, indicators, and teaching chemicals for institutional and tender requirements. The brand supplies educational laboratory products for schools, colleges, distributors, and export buyers, with chemical documentation to be verified for each shipment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Potassium Nitrate used for in a laboratory?

Potassium Nitrate is used as an inorganic nitrate salt reagent for supervised chemistry teaching, qualitative analysis, solubility demonstrations, crystallisation work, and oxidiser-safety lessons.

What is the formula of Potassium Nitrate?

The formula of Potassium Nitrate is KNO₃. Its CAS number is 7757-79-1 and its molecular weight is approximately 101.1 g/mol.

Is Potassium Nitrate hazardous?

Yes. Potassium Nitrate is an oxidising chemical. It requires SDS-based storage away from combustible substances, reducing agents, and incompatible materials.

Is Potassium Nitrate suitable for school chemistry labs?

It is suitable only for supervised school and college chemistry laboratories where trained staff control dispensing, demonstrations, storage, and disposal.

What grade is supplied?

The grade is not confirmed. Add LR, AR, ACS, analytical, technical, assay, or purity details only after verifying the product label, COA, or datasheet.

Can Potassium Nitrate be used for pyrotechnics?

No. This product page is for laboratory-use Potassium Nitrate only. It should not be marketed, supplied, or described for pyrotechnic, explosive, fuel-mixture, or consumer use.

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