1.0 2010-04-08 22:11:49 UTC 2025-11-19 00:54:43 UTC FDB015397 Sodium nitrate (NaNO3) Preservative. Added to food as an appearance and colour control agent, flavour/flavour modifier and aerating/foaming agent. Chile nitre Chile salpeter Chile saltpeter Cubic niter E251 Etabisulfite Nitrate de sodium Nitrate of soda Nitrate, sodium Nitratine Nitric acid monosodium salt Nitric acid sodium salt Nitric acid sodium salt (1:1) Nitric acid, sodium salt Nitric acid, sodium salt, 8CI Saltpeter (chile) Saltpeter (chile) (van) Soda niter Sodium nitrate Sodium nitrate [UN1498] [Oxidizer] Sodium nitrate(dot) Sodium saltpeter Sodium(I) nitrate (1:1) NNaO3 84.9947 84.977587546 sodium nitrate sodium nitrate 7631-99-4 [Na+].[O-][N+]([O-])=O InChI=1S/NO3.Na/c2-1(3)4;/q-1;+1 VWDWKYIASSYTQR-UHFFFAOYSA-N belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as alkali metal nitrates. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest oxoanion is nitrate, and in which the heaviest atom not in an oxoanion is an alkali metal. Alkali metal nitrates Inorganic compounds Mixed metal/non-metal compounds Alkali metal oxoanionic compounds Alkali metal nitrates Inorganic oxides Inorganic sodium salts Alkali metal nitrate Inorganic oxide Inorganic salt Inorganic sodium salt inorganic nitrate salt inorganic sodium salt melting_point Mp 306° logp 0.028 ChemAxon pka_strongest_acidic -1.4 ChemAxon pka_strongest_basic -6.1 ChemAxon iupac sodium nitrate ChemAxon average_mass 84.9947 ChemAxon mono_mass 84.977587546 ChemAxon smiles [Na+].[O-][N+]([O-])=O ChemAxon formula NNaO3 ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/NO3.Na/c2-1(3)4;/q-1;+1 ChemAxon inchikey VWDWKYIASSYTQR-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemAxon polar_surface_area 68.88 ChemAxon refractivity 9.85 ChemAxon polarizability 3.24 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 3 ChemAxon donor_count 0 ChemAxon physiological_charge -1 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon Specdb::MsMs 1280998 Specdb::MsMs 1280999 Specdb::MsMs 1281000 odorless