unclumping SN

[sundown12]

so I have SN that I bought last summer, and even back when I bought it it was all clumpy, is there a way to unclump it? I tried putting it in a blender, but it turns into powder and I'm not sure that's gonna kill me 100%. any ideas?

 

[cowboypants]

Don't mess around with it until the day you are using it. It reacts to the air and loses potency. Basically any tool should help to break it something wooden preferably

 

[sundown12]

Don't mess around with it until the day you are using it. It reacts to the air and loses potency. Basically any tool should help to break it something wooden preferably

SN is highly stable and I store it in a dry dark place in a container.

 

[quietwoods]

SN is highly stable and I store it in a dry dark place in a container.

Moderately stable. Every time you open it you are exposing it to air and humidity and accelerating the transition to nitrate. There's more than one recorded instance of people's SN on this site becoming mostly useless after a year or two due to degradation.

I don't know why you are concerned with it becoming powder in a blender, that's a physical change not a chemical one. I would be more concerned that the blender is now contaminated with SN and possibly poisoning myself or anyone else who uses that blender.

 

[sundown12]

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Moderately stable. Every time you open it you are exposing it to air and humidity and accelerating the transition to nitrate. There's more than one recorded instance of people's SN on this site becoming mostly useless after a year or two due to degradation.

I don't know why you are concerned with it becoming powder in a blender, that's a physical change not a chemical one. I would be more concerned that the blender is now contaminated with SN and possibly poisoning myself or anyone else who uses that blender.

have you heard of washing with soap? it helps with the poisoning, you know

 

[quietwoods]

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have you heard of washing with soap? it helps with the poisoning, you know

Wouldn't trust it my friend. Even trace tiny amounts of SN can cause severe poisoning and both hand washing and automatic dishwashers will not always fully clean an item, often leaving residue.

I would not trust any item that has touched SN and has not been washed many times

 

[Dejected 55]

Sodium nitrite is used to cure meat... in small amounts it is not toxic or lots of meat-eaters would be dropping like flies. Definitely would wash the container... but if someone says don't trust it even after washing... then... I mean, if you've ever wiped your own ass, apparently washing does no good... we're all doomed if you can't wash stuff anymore and trust it.

 

[quietwoods]

Sodium nitrate is used to cure meat... in small amounts it is not toxic or lots of meat-eaters would be dropping like flies. Definitely would wash the container... but if someone says don't trust it even after washing... then... I mean, if you've ever wiped your own ass, apparently washing does no good... we're all doomed if you can't wash stuff anymore and trust it.

In small amounts it is 100% toxic and people have been hospitalized from eating too much meat containing SN.

Please don't post misinformation like this that can endanger someone's life without doing the proper research.

And it is sodium nitrite not nitrate. There is a huge difference between the two

 

[sundown12]

Wouldn't trust it my friend. Even trace tiny amounts of SN can cause severe poisoning and both hand washing and automatic dishwashers will not always fully clean an item, often leaving residue.

I would not trust any item that has touched SN and has not been washed many times

well i used the blender afterwards many times and i'm still alive, so your information is incorrect

 

[quietwoods]

well i used the blender afterwards many times and i'm still alive, so your information is incorrect

Not saying it's going to happen every time, saying it is possible to happen. Just pulled multiple items out my dishwasher an hour ago still with food residue.

It's a risk not a 100% certainty.

You sound a little defensive, that wasn't my intention. Was trying to give a warning about a risk

 

[mangoastronaut]

In small amounts it is 100% toxic and people have been hospitalized from eating too much meat containing SN.

Please don't post misinformation like this that can endanger someone's life without doing the proper research.

I second this! It's like wish mushrooms, you never use the same blender you use on mushrooms that you use on food. You don't want to be getting high when you don't want to or anybody else high.

but if someone says don't trust it even after washing... then... I mean, if you've ever wiped your own ass, apparently washing does no good

Wiping your ass from doo doo is not the same as dealing with chemicals. Not like I know much, but I do know to steer clear from my chemist partner's lab.