There's a catalog of Hokie merchandise we get a few times a year, I think from the bookstore that has pieces that can be used to decorate gardens, as door stops, and as desk items. But they're about $100+ depending on size and engraving.
Saltpeter is the common name used for several different chemical compounds, specifically for potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate. Potassium nitrate is commonly used in gunpowder, and sodium nitrate is found in fertilizers and explosives.
Apparently we use salt in more than 14,000 different ways from the making of products as varied as plastic, paper, glass, polyester, rubber and fertilisers to household bleach, soaps, detergents and dyes.Everyone uses salt, directly or indirectly. Water Conditioning.ndustrial Chemicals. The greatest single use for salt is as a feedstock for the production of industrial chemicals and in total accounts for 68% of all the salt manufactured. Food Grade Salt. All animals, humans included, require both sodium and chloride for life and health.