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nitric acid
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nitric acid
n.
A transparent, colorless to yellowish, 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 metallurgical processes. Also called aqua fortis.
nitric acid
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a colourless or yellowish fuming corrosive liquid usually used in aqueous solution. It is an oxidizing agent and a strong monobasic acid: important in the manufacture of fertilizers, explosives, and many other chemicals. Formula: HNO3 Former name aqua fortis
nitric acid
A clear, colorless to yellow liquid that is very corrosive and can dissolve most metals. It is used to make fertilizers, explosives, dyes, and rocket fuels. Chemical formula: HNO3.
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Noun1.nitric acid - acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuelsnitric acid - acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
aqua fortis
acid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
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The plasma conditions were kept constant during analysis of standards, instrument blanks and laser-ablated samples by constantly aspirating a 1% HNO3 solution, which was the matrix for both the standards and the blanks (see Zacherl et al.
A shell of its former self: can Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 larval ... by Zacherl, Danielle C.; Morgan, Steven G.; Swearer, Stephen E.; Warner, Robert R. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Determination of the total element concentrations in cyclone ash For the determination of total element concentrations (Cd, Cu, Pb, Cr, Zn, As, V, Ba, and Hg) in the cyclone ash, the dried sample was decomposed (digested) with a mixture of HCl (3 mL) and HNO3 (9 mL) in a CEM Mars 5 microprocessor controlled microwave oven with CEM HP 500 Teflon vessels (CEM corp.
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For that reason we did not use HNO3 to decrease the content of pyritic sulphur.
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