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psimmonds | 11:23 Thu 06th Jun 2002 | Home & Garden
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where can I buy saltpeter ?
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You used to be able to get it at hardware stores and old fashioned chemists - try a local independant hardware store - I believe that - in common with chlorates - the stuff the sell to the public contains explosive inhibitors so would require refining if you are thinking of making gunpowder!
you can get it in gardening stores: potassium nitrate. If you want it pure for food purposes you need to talk to a food industry supplier,. Try Fisons. Or for chemical purposes either Aldrich or Lancaster Synthesis would supply it.Both have websites.

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