Complex sentence: Other stabilizers like calcium carbonate or zinc oxide can be used in the place of sodium carbonate and sodium nitrate is added to the medium as an oxidizer that improves the dynamite's brisance.
Split into simpler sentences: Other stabilizers like calcium carbonate or zinc oxide can be used in the place of sodium carbonate. Sodium nitrate is added to the medium as an oxidizer that improves the dynamite's brisance.