What is function of nitric acid?

Answer 1

The important uses of nitric acid are:

1 Nitric acid plays a significant role in the manufacture of various products such as:

• Explosives like trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.) nitro glycerine, cotton, nal etc.
• Fertilizers such as calcium nitrate, nium nitrate etc.
• Nitrate salts such as calcium nitrate, silver nitrate, nium nitrate.
• Dyes, perfumes, etc. from coal tar products.
• Sulphuric acid by Lead Chamber process.

2 It is used in the purification of silver, gold, platinum etc.

3 Nitric acid is used in etching designs on copper, brass, bronze ware etc.

4 It is used to prepare "aqua regia" to dissolve the noble elements.

5 It is used as a laboratory reagent.

Answer 2

People use nitrogen for various purposes, including:

• In the production of fertilizers, large amounts of nitrogen are used to produce ammonia, which in turn is used to produce fertilizers.
• Nitrogen gas is used in food preservation.
• Liquid nitrogen is used as a refrigerant.
• It is used in the production of transistors and diodes.
• It is used to store eggs, sperm, and other cells for medical research and technology.
• Annealing stainless steel and other steel mill products uses nitrogen.
• It is also used to rapidly freeze foods.

Answer 3

nitric acid is used in Harry Potter potains in the movie, like when professor snape gets blasted by a wizard spell, Harry Potter then talks to a snake that has nitric acid in it, but dumbledore finds that he is an aien alcoholic, and is leaving the school cause hes letting a big snake kill kids. ....

the, endeth....

Answer 4

Nitric acid is used in the manufacture of ammonium nitrate and phosphate fertilizers, nitro explosives, plastics, dyes, and lacquers. The principal commercial process for the manufacture of nitric acid is the Ostwald process, in which ammonia, NH3, is catalytically oxidized with air to form nitrogen dioxide, NO2. When the dioxide is dissolved in water, 60% nitric acid is formed. Production of 90-100% nitric acid is based on processes such as the reaction of sulfuric acid with sodium nitrate (an older method of nitric acid manufacture), dehydration of 60% acid, and oxidation of nitrogen dioxide in a solution of dilute nitric acid.

Answer 5

Nitric acid is a strong oxidizing agent, which means it can steal electrons and break down other chemicals. It is very good at dissolving metals because all nitrates are soluble.

In addition, it can be used in the process of nitrification, or adding nitrates to molecules. Chemicals containing nitrate groups can be explosive, and nitric acid is sometimes used in the making of high explosives.

It can also be used to deep clean glass instruments in the lab for analysis. It dissolves all the trace metals on the glass leaving them totally clean.

Answer 6

When testing for a chloride ion using silver nitrate, the solution must be acidified with dilute nitric acid. What is the purpose of the nitric acid?

1) to act as a catalyst

2) to oxidise the chloride ion

3) to prevent precipitation of silver carbonate

4) to prevent the decomposition of any silver chloride formed

Answer 7

it is used to make fertilizer. It is also used to make explosives, like nitroglycerin and TNT. The acid is used to make patterns and designs on glass and metal, including jewelry. Nitric acid is also used in some types of liquid fueled rockets!

Answer 8

== == Nitric acid is used to make fertilisers, explosives, dyes and medicines

Answer 9

It is used in bombs as well as chemical manufacturing.

Answer 10

the formula for nitric acid is generally used for writing out reactions that use the compound.

it is generally used as a strong acid or as an oxidiser.