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08:45 Jul 2, 2009 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / component of barbecue briquettes | |||||||
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sodium nitrate accelerant Explanation: Constituents of charcoal briquettes Charcoal briquettes sold commercially for cooking food can include:[1][2] Wood charcoal (fuel), mineral char (fuel), mineral carbon (fuel), Limestone (ash colorant), Starch (binder), Borax (release agent), ***Sodium nitrate (flammable accelerant)***, Sawdust. quoted from: Briquette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Common types of briquettes are charcoal briquettes and biomass briquettes. ... California Barbecue Association website. Retrieved May 11 2007. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briquette - flammable sodium nitrate caliche is naturally occurring sandy rock barbecue briquettes may include sodium nitrate as a flammable accelerant component -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2009-07-02 15:54:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- glad to have been of help this time around sorry about my "wild guess" foul-up the other day -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2009-07-02 17:12:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Chilean Caliche In the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, there are vast deposits of a mixture, also referred to as caliche, composed of gypsum, sodium chloride, plus other salts and sand, associated to Salitre ("Chile Saltpeter"). Salitre, in turn, is a composite of ***Sodium nitrate*** (NaNO3) and Potassium nitrate (KNO3). Salitre was an important source of export revenue for Chile until World War I, when in Europe both nitrates began to be industrially produced in large quantities. ***These deposits are the largest known natural source of nitrates in the world, containing up to 25% sodium nitrate*** and 3% potassium nitrate, as well as iodate minerals, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, and ***sodium borate (borax)***. The caliche beds are from 0.2 to 5 meters thick, and they are mined and refined to produce a variety of products, including sodium nitrate (for agriculture or industry uses), potassium nitrate, sodium sulfate, iodine, and iodine derivatives. quoted from: Caliche (mineral) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia25 May 2009 ... Caliche is a sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate cements together other materials, ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliche_(mineral) - another component of caliche sand rock is sodium borate (borax), used as a release agent in barbecue briquettes (see above listing of barbecue briquette components) |
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