Appearance : Colorless Liquid
Chemical Name : Aqua Fortis, Niter Spirit
Chemical Formula : HNO3
Packaging Type : 26 Kg, 37.5 Kg, 75 Kg. It can be transported in Drums, IBCs, Bulk Isot Tankers and Stainless Tankers.
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Nitric acid is a strong inorganic acid, popularly known as vitriol. Since its salts are called nitrates, it is also defined as nitric acid. The 100% state of nitric acid, shown with the formula HNO3, is called absolute Nitric acid, and the 60-66% state, which is offered for sale in commerce, is called ordinary Nitric acid, or as it is popularly known, vitriol. Nitric acid, which is smokeless up to 69%, becomes smoky as this density increases and begins to fog even in open air. Nitric acid, which was obtained from saltpeter in ancient times, began to be obtained by other means because it was not available everywhere and the acid was used in explosives. This has given rise to a very large nitrogen industry in industry.
Pure nitrate acid, which is colorless, boils at 86 degrees. Since it is an unstable compound, it slowly converts to nitrogen oxides at room temperature. Ordinary Nitric acid is usually brown in color because it contains nitrogen dioxide. Nitric acid, one of the strongest acids, is used as a strong oxidation tool: With this effect, it forms metals, salts and free hydrogen. It forms oxides with some metals and nonmetals. When combined with chloridric acid, it becomes the only mixture that dissolves gold.
Nitric acid, which was produced synthetically with the establishment of the nitrogen industry, can be obtained in different ways today. If the ammonia industry is developed in some countries, ammonia is used in production. While ammonia is passed through the air in gaseous form over the catalysts, the ammonia nitrogen combines with the oxygen in the air to form nitrogen oxide. Nitrogen oxide is converted to nitric acid along with oxygen and water.
In Norway, since Nitric acid is a mixture of air, nitrogen and oxygen and electrical energy is quite cheap in this country, these gases are combined with electrical energy. This method is called the Norwegian method or the Haber Ostwald method. In this method, air is passed through the high temperature area created by the electric arc, using a suitable current. At this stage, nitrogen and oxygen combine and become nitrogen oxide. In the cold area, oxygen and water combine again to form Nitric acid.
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