Assertion: sodium nitrate | /r/HasProperty | substituted for potassium nitrate
Facets:
value: as an example
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As an example, sodium nitrate may be substituted for potassium nitrate and used in a 40/30/30 mixture.
text: For instance, power grades of black powder, unsuitable for use in firearms but adequate for blasting rock in quarrying operations, are called blasting powder rather than gunpowder with standard proportions of 70% nitrate, 14% charcoal, and 16% sulfur; blasting powder may be made with the cheaper sodium nitrate substituted for potassium nitrate and proportions may be as low as 40% nitrate, 30% charcoal, and 30% sulfur.