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- From: kim39@scws8.harvard.edu (John Kim)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: shooting under water?
- Message-ID: <01GTX7JVAON68X0WOD@HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 13:59:59 GMT
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- Organization: Harvard University Science Center
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- .edu> boardman%cancer.unm.edu@lynx.unm.edu (Bob Boardman) writes:
- ##sodium nitrate, NaNO2.
- # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- ## (rest deleted)
- # Small correction - black powder is made from saltpeter,charcoal,and
- # sulfur, but saltpeter is POTASSIUM nitrate, KNO3, not sodium nitrate.
- # Sodium nitrate has been used as a replacement for potassium nitrate in
- # some blasting powders, but has the problem of having a much higher affinity
- # for water, which causes problems if the humidity is much higher than out
- # here in NM :-). The confusion may have arisen from an older term for
- # sodium nitrate: "Chile Saltpeter", I guess because Chile supplied a great
- # deal of the sodium nitrate imported in the past.
- # -Bob
- #
- Sodium nitrate and Sodium nitrite, as well as chilis, are common
- addatives to ham, bologna, Spam, and other cured meats like bacon.
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