
Company Information
Ask for more detail from the seller
Contact SupplierWe are offering nitric acid, also known as aqua fortis and spirit of niter, is a highly corrosive strong mineral acid. The pure compound is colorless, but older samples tend to acquire a yellow cast due to decomposition into oxides of nitrogen and water.
Formula: hno3, density: 1.51 gcm³, molar mass: 63.01 gmol, boiling point: 83 °c, iupac id: nitric acid, melting point: -42 °c
specification:
total acidity (as hno3) min : 68%
nitrous acid (as hno2) max : 0.1%
chlorides (as cl) max : 0.002%
sulphates(ash2so4)max : 0.005%
residue on ignition max : 0.05%
application & uses:
widely used in the manufacture of ammonium nitrate and other explosives, sodium nitrate potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, glyoxal, h-acid, nitrobenzene and other nitro derivative dyes and dye intermediates, drugs and pharmaceuticals, pickling of steel and metallurgy, a fiber etc.