C'est le cousin du nitrate de potassium utilis dans la poudre canon. Il est galement largement utilis comme conservateur alimentaire. Plus que le jambon est rouge plus qu'il y'a plus de nitrate(cancrogne)

Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula NaNO3. This salt is also known as Chile saltpeter or Peru saltpeter (due to the large deposits found in the Atacama desert in these countries) to distinguish it from ordinary saltpeter, potassium nitrate. The mineral form is also known as nitratine, nitratite or soda niter. Sodium nitrate is a white solid which is very soluble in water. It is a readily available source of the nitrate anion (NO3−), which is useful in several reactions carried out on in