How to Get Potassium Nitrate

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Potassium nitrate, also known as saltpeter, has many uses. It's the main ingredient in black powder, which was what was used to fire weapons up to the late 1800s. It's also used in fireworks, as a fertilizer, and as a supplement. How you go about getting potassium nitrate is going to depend on what you need it for, whether it's for use as a supplement or as part of a DIY project such as smoke bomb making.

Steps

Finding Potassium Nitrate Supplements

Make your way to a local drugstore or pharmacy. You'll have the most luck finding potassium nitrate supplements at a store that specializes in body building supplements, like GNC. Potassium nitrate is sometimes used for athlete enhancement.

Locate the supplements section if you've gone to a pharmacy. If you're in a pharmacy or drugstore, go to the supplements section and look for a Potassium Nitrate Supplement.

Purchase the product. Before you buy anything, check the back of the product to make sure potassium nitrate is the active ingredient. Once you've got a product with potassium nitrate, purchase it and you're done. If you're not using the potassium nitrate as a supplement but you've bought it in pill form, you can split the capsules open with a sharp knife or scissors to remove the potassium nitrate powder.

Buy potassium nitrate online. If you can't find a supplement store or pharmacy that carries potassium nitrate supplements, you can look online as an alternative. iForce Nutrition carries a popular potassium nitrate supplements, which can be found with a simple search.

Buying Potassium Nitrate in Bulk

Find a stump remover product at your local gardening or home improvement store. It'll be in the gardening section of any home improvement store and will be called Stump Remover. Check the ingredients of the stump remover to make sure it is as close to 100% potassium nitrate as you can find. Spectracide is the best brand of stump remover to use because it's confirmed to be 100% potassium nitrate.

Choose a website. As an alternative to buying potassium nitrate from a physical store, you can search for it online. You have a few choices when buying potassium nitrate online. You can buy it in bulk through a chemical supply website. Hobby Chemical Supply is one good option. You can also find good deals on bulk supplies of potassium nitrate on eBay.

Search for potassium nitrate. Once you've chosen a website, do a search for potassium nitrate. If you're using eBay, make sure you check the feedback of the seller. Don't buy from sellers with poor feedback scores or few ratings. Use your common sense here, as with buying from strangers online in general.

Purchase the product. Select the potassium nitrate product you've found. Go through the checkout process of whichever website you're using. Then just wait for the potassium nitrate to be delivered to you.