Help Sodium Nitrate synthesis?

[butterfly000]

Sodium nitrate can be used to synthesize sodium nitrite (SN). I can't really get my hands on it though.

I am able to get iron (III) nitrate. So I thought I could maybe mix an iron (III) nitrate solution with a sodium hydroxide solution, causing iron (III) hydroxide to precipitate out. If I then filter out the solid stuff and crystalize the filtrate, I should be left with sodium nitrate.

Can any chemist confirm if this is a sound plan?

 

[Praestat_Mori]

The nitrate part should work, it doesn't need heat or anything.

Just mix the solutions together and iron hydroxide will precipitate out by itself.

I assume you already know how to make NaNO2 from NaNO3, and the risks associated with using your own Nitrite.

 

[cali88]

I hate this chemical shit, sry

 

[butterfly000]

The nitrate part should work, it doesn't need heat or anything.

Just mix the solutions together and iron hydroxide will precipitate out by itself.

I assume you already know how to make NaNO2 from NaNO3, and the risks associated with using your own Nitrite.

Thanks for your answer. May I ask, what are the risks associated with using one's own nitrite? I'm guessing it's the possibility of a not high enough purity or potential presence of harmful impurities?

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Thanks for your answer. May I ask, what are the risks associated with using one's own nitrite? I'm guessing it's the possibility of a not high enough purity or potential presence of harmful impurities?

Yes exactly purity is the most important thing.

 

[gnomeboy17]

I remember there was a guide on here about testing the purity of SN. You can do an experiment and test it against that.

 

[Circles]

Sodium nitrate can be used to synthesize sodium nitrite (SN). I can't really get my hands on it though.

I am able to get iron (III) nitrate. So I thought I could maybe mix an iron (III) nitrate solution with a sodium hydroxide solution, causing iron (III) hydroxide to precipitate out. If I then filter out the solid stuff and crystalize the filtrate, I should be left with sodium nitrate.

Can any chemist confirm if this is a sound plan?

Here's a thread that discusses it further:

Guide: Making SN with Sodium Nitrate and Aluminium At Home! ( + Bonus: How to extract SN from curing salt)

Aluminum-Based Oxidation of Sodium Nitrate: A Simple Approach for Acquiring Sodium Nitrite (SN) a_user et al, 2023 This study explores a practical and safe method to produce sodium nitrite (SN), a chemical compound with diverse applications, by oxidizing aluminum with sodium nitrate. Amid...

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[Praestat_Mori]

Here's a thread that discusses it further:

Guide: Making SN with Sodium Nitrate and Aluminium At Home! ( + Bonus: How to extract SN from curing salt)

Aluminum-Based Oxidation of Sodium Nitrate: A Simple Approach for Acquiring Sodium Nitrite (SN) a_user et al, 2023 This study explores a practical and safe method to produce sodium nitrite (SN), a chemical compound with diverse applications, by oxidizing aluminum with sodium nitrate. Amid...

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Thx! I searched for this thread yesterday but didn't find it. Now it's bookmarked.