Explore: Chile Saltpeter

nitratite, also known as cubic niter (UK: nitre), soda niter or Chile saltpeter (UK: Chile saltpetre), is a mineral, the naturally occurring form of sodium

is also known as Chile saltpeter (large deposits of which were historically mined in Chile) to distinguish it from ordinary saltpeter, potassium nitrate

Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage

refer to: Sodium nitrate (NaNO3), a compound Chile saltpeter or nitratine, the mineral form Norwegian saltpeter or calcium nitrate (Ca(NO3)2) Magnesium nitrate

sodium salts) typically occurring in the deserts of Chile (classically known as "Chilean saltpeter" and variants of this term).[self-published source?]

Chile's government is a representative democratic republic, in which the President of Chile serves as both head of state and head of government, within

Quechua word for fertilizer. Potassium nitrate (ordinary saltpeter) and sodium nitrate (Chile saltpeter) are nitrogen-containing compounds collectively referred

purified into saltpeter by adding wood ash. The process was discovered in the early 15th century and was very widely used until the Chilean mineral deposits

expropriated the saltpeter industry and imposed a full state monopoly on production and exports. However, there were nitrate deposits in Bolivia and Chile, and although

The use of Nitratine or Chilean Saltpeter once an important source of nitrates for fertilizer and other chemical uses including gunpowder and fireworks