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The group worked their way through borax, boric acid, salicylic acid, benzoic acid, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, copper sulfate, and saltpeter– among other things.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
This grueling process required digging, leaching, refining and crystallization—a painstaking effort that sustained the war effort when traditional saltpeter sources were cut off.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
After extensive tests, Lavoisier eventually settled on a ratio of 75 percent saltpeter, 12.5 percent charcoal and 12.5 percent sulfur.
—Mike Riggs, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
British naval blockades cut off supplies of saltpeter from traditional sources in India and South America.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Sensing an opportunity, private entrepreneurs capitalized on the demand for saltpeter.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Mixing coal with saltpeter creates gunpowder, the most basic firework fuel used already in ancient China.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The smell of wet asphalt, the weeds growing on the shore, the wounds on the gums, the old songs, the figs, the sweat, the saltpeter and the silences will be the ingredients of the ointment that will cure the illness.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
Chinese alchemists, trying to make an elixir for immortality mixed together common kitchen seasonings at the time: saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 1 May 2025
This grueling process required digging, leaching, refining and crystallization—a painstaking effort that sustained the war effort when traditional saltpeter sources were cut off.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
After extensive tests, Lavoisier eventually settled on a ratio of 75 percent saltpeter, 12.5 percent charcoal and 12.5 percent sulfur.
—Mike Riggs, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
British naval blockades cut off supplies of saltpeter from traditional sources in India and South America.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Sensing an opportunity, private entrepreneurs capitalized on the demand for saltpeter.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Mixing coal with saltpeter creates gunpowder, the most basic firework fuel used already in ancient China.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The smell of wet asphalt, the weeds growing on the shore, the wounds on the gums, the old songs, the figs, the sweat, the saltpeter and the silences will be the ingredients of the ointment that will cure the illness.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
Chinese alchemists, trying to make an elixir for immortality mixed together common kitchen seasonings at the time: saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
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“Saltpeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saltpeter. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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saltpeter
noun
salt·pe·ter
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or chiefly British saltpetre
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