When heated with nitric acid it forms a stable oxide (I2O5).
The most important compound of nitrogen for the plant is nitric acid.
Place the mud in a glass vessel, and pour on it some nitric acid (aqua-fortis).
Meconin may be prepared by treating narcotine with nitric acid.
Oil of vitriol diluted with water, or nitric acid can be used.
The solution is filtered, the precipitate washed and then dissolved in nitric acid.
Upon treating it with nitric acid, all but the sulphide of mercury are dissolved.
That white matter is changed by nitric acid into indigo-red.
There are three other compounds of nitric acid and lead oxide; viz.
On parting by the nitric acid, called by the Mexicans, “Il apartado.”
nitric acid ni·tric acid (nī'trĭk)
n.
A transparent, colorless to yellowish, fuming corrosive liquid that is a highly reactive oxidizing agent.
| 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. |
