Product Profile of Water Soluble Nitric Acid

Water Soluble Nitric Acid is a strong acid with a pKa of -2: in aqueous solution. The Nitric Acid is completely ionizes into the nitrate ion NO3- and a hydrated proton, known as a hydronium ion, H3O+. The Nitric Acid is soluble in water and in other polar liquid substances, such as ethanol. The Water Soluble Nitric Acid gives off red or yellow fumes at room temperature.

Applications of Water Soluble Nitric Acid:

• Used as a laboratory reagent.

• Used in the manufacture of explosives such as nitroglycerin, trinitrotoluene and cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine as well as fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate.

• Has additional uses in metallurgy and refining as it reacts with most metals, and in organic syntheses

• Also a component of acid rain.



Key Features of Water Soluble Nitric Acid

• Strong acid with a pKa of -2: in aqueous solution.
• Completely ionizes into the nitrate ion NO3- and a hydrated proton, known as a hydronium ion, H3O+.
• monoprotic acid because there is only one dissociation.
• Soluble in water and in other polar liquid substances, such as ethanol.
• Gives off red or yellow fumes at room temperature