What is the nitre in The Cask of Amontillado?

What is the nitre in The Cask of Amontillado?

Nitre: Montresor and Fortunato refer to nitre several times. Montresor calls it “the white webwork which gleams from these cavern walls.” The nitre, therefore, represents the web, or the trap, Montresor has set for his victim.

What does nitre mean?

1 : potassium nitrate. 2 archaic : chile saltpeter.

What is nitre chemistry?

Niter, or nitre (chiefly British), is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3, also known as saltpeter or saltpetre. A major source of sodium nitrate mineral (“Chile saltpeter” or nitratine) is the Atacama Desert in Chile.

What is Niter used for?

Niter was used during the Civil War as a component in Gunpowder. It is now used in the manufacture of Glass, matches, explosives, and fertilizers.

Why is nitre dangerous?

* High levels can interfere with the ability of the blood to carry Oxygen causing headache, fatigue, dizziness, and a blue color to the skin and lips (methemoglobinemia). Higher levels can cause trouble breathing, collapse and even death. * Potassium Nitrate may affect the kidneys and cause anemia.

Is potassium nitrate a reactant or product?

Laboratories often use Potassium nitrate as a reagent in lab experiments because it reacts with many different compounds. For example, it reacts readily with sugar, acids and sulfur.

At what temperature does potassium nitrate have a solubility of 46 g 100 g of water?

(a) Potassium nitrate will begin to crystallise at about 56 °C, when its solubility is 100 g/100g water.

Which is most soluble sugar salt or fertilizer?

sugar is so soluble in water that there can be much more sugar than water in the mixture. fertilizers are a kind of salt, so I am not sure you mean salt to be sodium chloride ? this link will describe solubility of a large number of ionic compounds..

Which substance is less soluble in hot water than in cold water?

carbon dioxide

Is potassium chloride a solid or a gas?

Potassium chloride (also known as Sylvite, KCl, or potassium salt) is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. It is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous crystal appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water, and its solutions have a salt-like taste.