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Potassium nitrate

7757-79-1K.NO3101.102 g/mol
Salt and Compound WithChEBI source record

The inorganic nitrate salt of potassium. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

22B4521 · FY2010

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number7757-79-1ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaK.NO3ChEBI ↗
Molar mass101.102 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass100.95152 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:63043ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass101.103 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass100.95152435 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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potassium nitrate
potassium nitrate
FGIUAXJPYTZDNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
O=[N+]([O-])[O-].[K+]
InChI=1S/K.NO3/c;2-1(3)4/q+1;-1

Classification & relationships

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Roles recorded in ChEBI

fertilizercardiovascular drug

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2010 source classification
Potassium nitrate · 22B4521
EndpointReported classification
Oxidizing solidsCategory 3
Reproductive toxicityCategory 2
Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposureCategory 1 (blood)
Specific target organ toxicity - Repeated exposureCategory 1 (blood)

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.009891 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
O
Oxygen · 3 atoms
47.47%
K
Potassium · 1 atom
38.67%
N
Nitrogen · 1 atom
13.85%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:63043

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 24434 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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