Potassium nitrite

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
E249
Pronunciation
/pəˈtæsiəm ˈnaɪtraɪt/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Food Additives

Examples in Context

  1. The thickness of surface stress layer is very different between the glasses strengthened by potassium nitrate and potassium nitrite.
  2. Accelerating the oxidization of bromocresol purple by potassium bromate with nitrite and its application
  3. These are ammonium thiocyanate, potassium iodide, sodium nitrite, and ammonium molybdenate.
  4. Condition of thin-layer scanning : silicon-gel H-0.8 % CMC-Na-0.8 % NaOH thin-layer sheet, Ethyl Acetate-Methanol-ammonia water ( 17 ∶ 2 ∶ 1 ) as expansion agent, improved bismuth and potassium iodide and 2 % sodium nitrite for atomizing develop;
  5. It is based on the decrease in absorbance of the reaction eriochrome cyanine R with potassium bromate in dilute H3PO4 which is catalyzed by nitrite.