Potassium nitrate, also known as niter or saltpeter, has been used to preserve meat and is found in toothpaste formulated for sensitive teeth. |
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Yes, saltpeter has long rumored to be an anaphrodisiac, a substance that reduces sexual drive. |
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The leachate was collected and then chemically converted to true saltpeter, potassium nitrate, by mixing it with a solution of potash. |
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Filled with an explosive combination of saltpeter and black powder, these were the primitive ancestors of rockets. |
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The production of tar and pitch as well as potash and saltpeter is included in the category of proto-industry. |
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Glauber created a mixture of saltpeter, lime, phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash which was the first completely mineral fertilizer. |
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Thanks to the Haber-Bosch process, the Germans were able to keep the bombs dropping even after their supplies of saltpeter had run low. |
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As the series' title denotes, the medium is gunpowder: charcoal mixed with saltpeter and sulfur. |
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Southwark, on the south bank of the Thames, was the dumping ground for noxious industries like tanning and brewing and dangerous trades like burning lime and making saltpeter. |
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The saltpeter industry became a huge cultural exchange complex where ideas were quickly absorbed and exploited. |
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Thick, white clouds of saltpeter dust blanketed the ground and choked the three of them, but didn't slow their steady progress. |
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It comprises three constituent components without chemical links: sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal. |
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Thanks to the waterproof properties of this material, neither water nor saltpeter affects the parts. |
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Their discovery can be traced to the use of salt that was contaminated with potassium or sodium nitrate, also known as saltpeter. |
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This has allowed a better understanding of the industrial process of the extraction of saltpeter providing information that will benefit the museum of the property. |
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Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. |
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The lock mechanism held within a clamp a two to three feet long length of smoldering rope soaked in saltpeter, which was the match. |
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In 1736, the pharmacist Joshua Ward developed a process for its production that involved heating saltpeter, allowing the sulfur to oxidize and combine with water. |
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