Potassium Nitrate

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Description Unit Specification* Typical Analysis Reference method
Total Contents Wt-% 99 99.5  
Total Nitrogen(N) Wt-% 13 13.83 AOAC 2.4.02
Nitrate Nitrogen(NO3) Wt-%   13.57  
Ammoniacal Nitrogen(N-NH4 ) Wt-%   0.26  
Potassium (K2O) Wt-% 45 46.58 AOAC 2.5.07
Moisture(H2O) Wt-% <0.4 0.16  
Water Insoluble Wt-% <0.20 0.1  
pH (0.4%)   6 6.2  
Solubility in water@ 20 ºC g/dm3   400  
Chloride (Cl) Wt-% <1.5 0.29  
Sodium ( Na) Wt-% <1.5 0.08  
Heavy metals        
As ppm   0.1 EPA 6010C
Co ppm   0.5 EPA 6010C
Cd ppm   0.1 EPA 6010C
Ni ppm   0.25 EPA 6010C
Pb ppm   3.96 EPA 6010C
Hg ppm   0.013 SW 7471A
Analysis Item Specification Result of Analysis
Assay ≥99.4% 99.52%
Moisture ≤0.15% 0.065%
Water Insoluble ≤0.03% 0.013%
Chloride (as Cl) ≤0.02% 0.016%
Sulphate (as SO4) ≤0.01% 0.006%
Carbonate(as CO3) ≤0.01% 0.0076%
Hygroscopicity ≤0.25% 0.16%
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