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It turns into a blue chemical and it foams.

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Q: What happens when aluminum is mixed with nitric acid?
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What reaction happens when nitric acid and calcium carbonate are mixed?

this produces carbon dioxide


What happens when aluminum and hydrochloric acid are mixed?

Well if you mix aluminum with hydrochloric acid, it will produce large amounts of hydrogen gas.


What happens if you put nitric acid and glycerin in a jar and then drop the jar on the kitchen floor?

The jar explodes immediately. Obviously, nitric acid mixed with glycerine is nitroglycerine (which is powerful explosive).


Aluminum hydroxide reacts with nitric acid to form aluminum nitrate and water what mass of water can be formed by the reaction of 15.0 g of aluminum hydroxide with excess nitric acid?

10.4g


Are nitric acid and ammonia compatible?

Nitric is an acid. Ammonia is a base. SO they react when mixed


What happens if Aluminum hydroxide and nitric acid react?

Aluminum hydroxide is a base, while nitric acid is a acid (obviously). Therefore, they would cause a neutralization reaction, which form water and a salt. The equation would look like this:Al(OH)3 + 3HNO3 -> 3H2O + Al(NO3)3


What will happen if lead oxide is mixed with nitric acid?

Lead oxide plus nitric acid= lead nitrate


What happens when hydrochloric acid is mixed with liver?

aluminum can melt by hydrochloric acid and it is creating as a bomb.


Will nitric acid explode?

Nitric acid is strong oxidizer, so if it is mixed with a right fuel it can be possible of denotation. The salts it may form can also be strong oxidizers. However, nitric acid itself is not explosive.


What happens when iron reacts with nitric acid?

i dont no


Why does the action of concentrated nitric acid render aluminum passive?

nitric acid is light sensitve , it decomposes when expose in light. when aluminium is added to the conc HNO3 it remain passive in conc nitric acid,...... and moreover aluminium oxide layer is also form due to which it remain passive in conc nitric acid...


Nitric acid plus aluminum?

2Al+HNO3 = 2Al( NO3)3+ H2