Discussion What About Potassium Nitrite?

[fuzattojuliana]

I've saw many people leaving with Potassium Cyanide, why not PN too?

 

[MrAsclepius]

It seems to me that PN is just another lethal salt like SN, but less documented (atleast compared to SN). As far as why it's not as mentioned as Cyanide, Cyanide is already widely used so I presume some people don't even know about PN.

 

[Deleted member 19654]

I personally wouldn't risk trying to ctb with something I don't know much about. With SN, you can find a lot of information here as well as evidence that it works. Can't say the same for potassium nitrite.

 

[AJ.]

I've saw many people leaving with Potassium Cyanide, why not PN too?

In those substances, we don't use properties of cations, but anions. Potassium nitrite will work similarly as sodium nitrite and potassium cyanide like sodium cyanide, but cyanide and nitrite anions have different lethal action. Do not connect potassium nitrite with potassium cyanide, but with sodium nitrite(PN an SN have similar LD₅₀).

 

[Meditation guide]

What about potassium citrate? Or any other type of potassium?

 

[fuzattojuliana]

In those substances, we don't use properties of cations, but anions. Potassium nitrite will work similarly as sodium nitrite and potassium cyanide like sodium cyanide, but cyanide and nitrite anions have different lethal action. Do not connect potassium nitrite with potassium cyanide, but with sodium nitrite(KN an SN have similar LD₅₀).

So there's no difference? There's someone's here who used it?

 

[AJ.]

So there's no difference? There's someone's here who used it?

There are differences between sodium & potassium nitrite and I don't know how much they impact its usefulness in ctbing(but SN is rather better). I meant mainly not to connect potassium nitrite with potassium cyanide.
I guess that you had't checked PN on Wikipedia before first post?