Nitric acid (HNO
3), (melting point -42°C, boiling point 83°C) is a colorless, corrosive
? liquid which is toxic
? and can cause severe burns. At room temperature it gives off red or yellow fumes. Commonly used as a laboratory reagent, it is used in the manufacture of
explosives such as nitroglycerin
? and
trinitrotoluene, and as well as fertilizer
?s such as
ammonium phosphate. It has additional uses in
metallurgy, and refining
? as it reacts with most
metals, and in organic syntheses.
Nitric acid is made by mixing nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub2</sub>), with in water.
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