Calcium Nitrate Prills

Uses of Calcium Nitrate 

• Used in agriculture as a fertilizer and in match manufacture as an oxidizing agent.
• It is also used in the explosives and pyrotechnics industries.
• It is used to make fireworks and incandescent lamp chimneys in the light industry.
• Used as a raw material in making other nitrate compounds.
• Used to improve the storage quality of crops reducing bitter pit in apples.

In wastewater pre-conditioning for odour pollution control, calcium nitrate is used. The pre-conditioning of wastewater is focused on the development of anoxic biology in the wastewater system. The metabolism of sulphates ceases in the presence of nitrate, thereby preventing the production of hydrogen sulfide. In addition, simple degradable organic matter is ingested, which can otherwise cause downstream anaerobic conditions as well as odour pollution. For surplus sludge treatment, the definition is also valid.

Calcium nitrate, especially in dipping processes, is known to be a very common coagulant in the production of latex. A part of the dipping bath solution often contains dissolved calcium nitrate. In the coagulation liquid, the warm former is often dipped and a thin layer of the dipping liquid remains on the former. The calcium nitrate will break up the stabilisation of the latex solution when the former is dipped into the latex and the latex will coagulate on the former.

This compound can also be used in molten salt mixtures. Since the dissolution of this compound in water is highly endothermic in nature, calcium nitrate can also be used as a component of cold packs. The tetrahydrate of this compound can be used in regeneratable cold packs.