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Meaning of "nitric acid"

Nitric acid is a strong mineral acid with the chemical formula HNO3. It is a corrosive and highly reactive liquid that is commonly used in various industrial and laboratory processes. Nitric acid is known for its strong oxidizing properties and is used in the production of fertilizers, dyes, explosives, and cleaning agents
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  • A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.

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nitric acid
Nitric acid other than red fuming.
Five per cent nitric acid solution.
Nitric acid and nitrate compounds water.
It can be oxidised by nitric acid to phosphoric acid.
Nitric acid is used as the oxidising agent.
A cocktail of nitric acid and vinyl chloride.
Nitric acid is highly corrosive mineral acid.
Hydrochloric acid or nitric acid is advantageously used.
Nitric acid is then rubbed on the stone.
Hydrochloric acid or nitric acid is preferably employed.
Nitric acid reacts with copper to form.
Hydrochloric acid or nitric acid is preferably used.
The nitric acid is used in a large excess.
Direct application of nitric acid or silver nitrate.
The nitric acid solution was carefully decanted.

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Produced by combining ammonia with nitric acid.
All the nitric acid has been neutralized.
Installations for the production of nitric acid.
Preferably nitric acid or sulfuric acid is selected.
Death by asphyxiation due to nitric acid fumes.
Small amounts of nitric acid byproduct are liberated.
First a metal sample is dissolved in nitric acid.
Oxidation with nitric acid was repeated twice.
It dissolves with effervescence in dilute nitric acid.
Nitric acid can damage trees and crops.
Four or five drops of nitric acid are added.
Nitric acid red fuming only.
So the miracle fluid is just nitric acid.
Nitric acid is a health risk when emitted to air.
They are also degraded by nitric acid vapours.
Nitric acid and nitrous acid.
It is preferred to use concentrated or fuming nitric acid.
Concentrated or dilute nitric acid may be used.
Nitric acid leaves a nasty burn.
Said sheath is attacked with nitric acid.
Ammonia and nitric acid production.
Distillation of a mixture of water and nitric acid.
Chemical products containing nitric acid are strictly prohibited.
The pH is preferably adjusted by adding nitric acid.
And nitric acid is essential for making explosives.
They are preferably aqueous nitric acid solutions.
Nitric acid is involved in a large variety of biological functions.
Removal of the resin in a bath of nitric acid.
Transfers to sewage of nitric acid and nitrate compounds.
Exemplary of the acids are hydrochloric or nitric acid.
We have detected nitric acid poisoning in their bodies.
The pH was controlled by the addition of nitric acid.
Mixtures of ethanol and nitric acid are potentially explosive.
Nitrate is made in water with nitric acid.
Nitric acid penetrates nitrile gloves in a few minutes.

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