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Substance Name: Sodium nitrate
RN: 7631-99-4
UNII: 8M4L3H2ZVZ
InChIKey: VWDWKYIASSYTQR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Classification Codes

  • Carcinogens
  • Human Data
  • Mutation Data
  • Noxae
  • Reproductive Effect
  • Tumor Data

Molecular Formulas

  • H-N-O3.Na
  • N-O3.Na

Molecular Weight

  • 84.994
 

Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Sodium nitrate

Synonyms

  • Caswell No. 781
  • CCRIS 558
  • Chile saltpeter
  • Cubic niter
  • EC 231-554-3
  • EINECS 231-554-3
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 076104
  • etabisulfite
  • HSDB 726
  • Niter
  • Niter (VAN)
  • Nitrate de sodium
  • Nitrate de sodium [French]
  • Nitrate of soda
  • Nitratine
  • Nitric acid monosodium salt
  • Nitric acid sodium salt (1:1)
  • Nitric acid, sodium salt
  • NSC 77390
  • Saltpeter (Chile)
  • Saltpeter (Chile) (VAN)
  • Soda niter
  • Sodium nitrate
  • Sodium nitrate(DOT)
  • Sodium saltpeter
  • Sodium(I) nitrate (1:1)
  • UNII-8M4L3H2ZVZ

Systematic Names

  • Nitric acid sodium salt
  • Nitric acid sodium salt (1:1)
  • Sodium nitrate
  • Sodium nitrate, containing in the dry state more than 16,3 per cent by weight of nitrogen
  • Sodium(I) nitrate (1:1)

Superlist Names

  • Nitric acid sodium salt
  • Sodium nitrate
  • Sodium nitrate [UN1498] [Oxidizer]
  • UN1498

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 7631-99-4

FDA UNII

  • 8M4L3H2ZVZ

Other Registry Numbers

  • 1401517-04-1
  • 862599-22-2

System Generated Number

  • 0007631994

Molecular Formulas

Molecular Formulas

  • H-N-O3.Na
  • N-O3.Na

Molecular Formula Fragments

  • COMPONENT
  • H-N-O3
  • N-O3
  • Na

Structure Descriptors

InChI

1S/NO3.Na/c2-1(3)4;/q-1;+1

InChIKey

VWDWKYIASSYTQR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Smiles

[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+]

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
child LDLo oral 22500ug/kg (22.5mg/kg) BLOOD: METHEMOGLOBINEMIA-CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN Journal of Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology. Vol. 32, Pg. 173, 1994.
mouse LD50 intravenous 175mg/kg (175mg/kg)   Archiv fuer Toxikologie. Vol. 21, Pg. 89, 1965.
rabbit LD50 oral 2680mg/kg (2680mg/kg)   Southwestern Veterinarian. Vol. 27, Pg. 246, 1974.
rat LD intraperitoneal > 181mg/kg (181mg/kg)   Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Vol. 5, Pg. 750, 1963.
rat LD50 oral 1267mg/kg (1267mg/kg)   Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. Vol. 46(12), Pg. 66, 1981.
women TDLo oral 14mg/kg (14mg/kg) LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: CYANOSIS

BLOOD: METHEMOGLOBINEMIA-CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN

CARDIAC: PULSE RATE INCREASE WITHOUT FALL IN BP		 Journal of Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology. Vol. 32, Pg. 173, 1994.