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    Nitric acid, colorless, fuming, and highly corrosive liquid that is a common laboratory reagent and an important industrial chemical for the manufacture of fertilizers and explosives. It is toxic and can cause severe burns. Learn more about the properties and uses of nitric acid in this article.
    Nitric acid (HNO 3) is a colorless, liquid acid widely used in the manufacturing of explosives and fertilizers. When dissolved in water, molecules of nitric acid separate (or dissociate) into hydrogen ions (H +) and nitrate ions (NO 3 ). The fact that nearly every nitric acid molecule dissociates is what makes nitric acid a strong acid.
    Nitric Acid is a natural product found in Bombax ceiba, Tetradium glabrifolium, and other organisms with data available. View More ... See also: ...
    The last oxygen atom in the nitric acid molecule has a charge of -1 and is singly bonded to the central nitrogen atom. Since the nitrogen atom at the center of the molecule is participating in four covalent bonds (with 3 oxygen atoms), it has a charge of +1.
  2. ni·tric ac·id
    NOUN
    chemistry
    1. a colorless or pale yellow liquid acid that is corrosive and poisonous and has strong oxidizing properties, made in the laboratory by distilling nitrates with sulfuric acid.
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