Acronyms

[Placo]

I've been reading about KN lately but I can't understand what it is, I don't think it's a mistake in writing SN but another substance and it's not listed here.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I've been reading about KN lately but I can't understand what it is, I don't think it's a mistake in writing SN but another substance and it's not listed here.

Potassium Nitrite (Kaliumnitrit) KNO2.

The effects r the same.

 

[Placo]

Potassium Nitrite (Kaliumnitrit) KNO2.

The effects r the same.

So KN and KNO2 are the same?

 

[Praestat_Mori]

So KN and KNO2 are the same?

That's how I understand it if we talk about the same threads. Afaik someone CTBed with KN recently.

 

[Placo]

That's how I understand it if we talk about the same threads. Afaik someone CTBed with KN recently.

I also remember reading about a farewell thread with KN recently, but now I'm reading one that talks about KNO2 and I was wondering if it was the same substance.

KNO2 is for sure potassium nitrite, it's actually specified in the title.

So all we have to do is understand if KN is yet another substance or simply an abbreviation.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I also remember reading about a farewell thread with KN recently, but now I'm reading one that talks about KNO2 and I was wondering if it was the same substance.

KNO2 is for sure potassium nitrite, it's actually specified in the title.

So all we have to do is understand if KN is yet another substance or simply an abbreviation.

It's the abbreviation for KNO2 in this context to me. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense in this context. There's probably confusion bc of Potassium (= Kalium in other languages)?

 

[Placo]

It's the abbreviation for KNO2 in this context to me. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense in this context. There's probably confusion bc of Potassium (= Kalium in other languages)?

I also think they are the same substance, but considering how many chemical substances there are in the world I had doubts, in case we can always ask whoever opens the thread.