Salt peter( a.k.a) potassium nitrate it s oxodising agent in nitrogen and is commonly used as a fertilizer or as a oxodizer in gun powder
Saltpeter or saltpetre may refer to:
Potassium nitrate, a naturally occurring mineral source of nitrogen which makes up the critical oxidizing component of gun powder
Sodium nitrate, an ingredient in fertilizers, explosives and in solid rocket propellants
Edwin Ernest Salpeter, a stellar astronomer who proposed the riple-alpha process for burning helium, and an initial mass function for stellar populations
Saltpeter War (1879-1884) between Chile, Peru and Bolivia
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This surprising downturn of events is frequently attributed to the presence of saltpeter in the chow rather than to the powerful combination of anxiety to succeed, physical exhaustion, and a radical change of lifestyle.
Many believe saltpeter is secretly introduced into the food at colleges, boys' schools, and prisons, all places where the belief flourishes because the inmates need to explain away their lack of sexual arousal.
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