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Can't Find Saltpeter In Canada!
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Can I Buy Saltpeter In Canada I Need It Because One Of My Recipe's Told Me To Use It. Also Its Good For An antiseptic in curing meat. I Searched Around 2 Drug Stores In My Area (Richmond Hill, Toronto) And None Have It.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.saltpeter is potassium nitrate (KNO3)and is used to make explosives: in the current climate people don't want to sell it to you. You can make it yourself: You'd do better to react the ammonium nitrate with potassium hydroxide or
potassium carbonate in water solution and drive off the resultant
ammonia and water by evaporation with gentle warming.
NH4NO3 + KOH --> KNO3 + H2O + NH3
2NH4NO3 + K2CO3 --> 2KNO3 + H2O + 2NH3 + CO2
I normally eschew giving out "recipes," but converting ammonium nitrate to saltpeter
is probably a step in the right direction for budding pyrotechnicians
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