Miracle Compound Revealed
What’s so special about Potassium Nitrate?
———- from Brandon Coghill of Trotwood, Ohio
You might as well have asked “What’s so special about Shakespeare, or the Taj Mahal?” Some compounds are simply so special that they react with everything but the noble gases, and even then, they influence them in subtle ways. Both at home, and at the lab, I find Potassium Nitrate to be indispensable. How could I brush my teeth, eradicate unsightly moles, re-sole my shoes, or polish the silverware without my old friend PN? Going boating and forgot to bring sunscreen? Just dab of a thin paste of Potassium Nitrate and you’ll get a deep, rich tan even if the sun isn’t shining! Never mind its properties in the manufacture of gunpowder or as an anti-aphrodisiac. Potassium Nitrate is one substance you won’t want to be without!
You might as well have asked “What’s so special about Shakespeare, or the Taj Mahal?” Some compounds are simply so special that they react with everything but the noble gases, and even then, they influence them in subtle ways. Both at home, and at the lab, I find Potassium Nitrate to be indispensable. How could I brush my teeth, eradicate unsightly moles, re-sole my shoes, or polish the silverware without my old friend PN? Going boating and forgot to bring sunscreen? Just dab of a thin paste of Potassium Nitrate and you’ll get a deep, rich tan even if the sun isn’t shining! Never mind its properties in the manufacture of gunpowder or as an anti-aphrodisiac. Potassium Nitrate is one substance you won’t want to be without! 