Nitric acid plays a major role in the manufacture of a variety of products such as:
Explosives like trinitrotoluene nitro gun cotton, glycerin, ammonal etc.
Fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate etc. Nitrate salts such as silver nitrate, calcium nitrate, ammonium nitrate.
Dyes, perfumes, drugs etc, from coal tar products & Sulphuric acid by Lead Chamber process.
Nitric acid is used in the purification of gold, silver, platinum etc. Nitric acid is used in etching designs on brass, copper, bronze ware etc.
Nitric acid is used to prepare "aqua regia" to dissolve the noble elements. Nitric acid is used as a laboratory reagent.
In our next blog we shall learn about net ionic compounds I hope the above explanation was useful.Keep reading and leave your comments.
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