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Nitric acid used for

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the production of fertilizers

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Is nitric acid the same as sulfuric acid?

nitric acid be used insted of hypophrosphous acid


Example two acids used in the laboratory?

Nitric acid, hydrochloric acid.


Are fertilisers nitric acid?

No. Nitric acid is used to produce the ammonium nitrate which goes into fertilizers.


What acid is used in calcium nitrate?

nitric acid


What is the role for nitric acid?

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The name of HNO3 is?

The chemical name of HNO3 is nitric acid


Is nitric acid a tear gas?

No, it is FAR TO toxic to be used as such. Nitric acid is having molecular formula HNO3


What is the colour of concentrated nitric acid?

The nitric acid used in laboratory is colorless. The very concentated nitric acid - the fumans acid - with dissolved nitrogen oxides, can release white, red or brown fumes, very corrosive and toxic.


Nitric acid reacts with nitric acid?

No, it does not


What compound is made when nitric acid is neutralised?

A Nitrate salt depending on what was used to neutralise the acid. E.g. If you used copper to neutralise the nitric acid then copper nitrate would be produced.


Why is nitric acid used for dissolution of brass?

Nitric acid is both an acid and an oxidizer. Acids wont eat brass, but it will eat the oxides formed on its surface, and since nitric acid will oxidize the brass, it will also dissolve it until one reactant or the other is used up.


In what form does nitric acid exist?

Nitric acid is just nitric acid. At room temperature, it is a liquid.