Below you will find example sentences with "nitric acid". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Nitric Acid in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: acid
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 20.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "nitric acid" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 20.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as acid and nitric acid, alchemists knew nitric acid as aqua, sulfuric, water and dilute stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with amino acid, fatty acid, sulfuric acid, amino acid, fatty acid and sulfuric acid, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with nitric acid
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They are converted into sulfuric acid and nitric acid. (9 words)
Alchemists knew nitric acid as aqua fortis (strong water). (9 words)
Niobium is attacked by hydrofluoric acid and hydrofluoric/nitric acid mixtures. (11 words)
It is dividable into subtype 1A which is mostly made up of water ice crystals and frozen nitric acid, 1B which consists of supercooled droplets of nitric and sulfuric acid, and subtype 1C which comprises small particles of nitric acid. (40 words)
Consider the following acid-base reaction: : HNOmain + Hmain O → Hmain Omain + NOmain Nitric acid ( HNOmain ) is an acid because it donates a proton to the water molecule and its conjugate base is nitrate ( NOmain ). (34 words)
Although chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), and aluminium (Al) readily dissolve in dilute nitric acid, the concentrated acid forms a metal-oxide layer that protects the bulk of the metal from further oxidation. (32 words)
What factors are responsible for increasing demand for nitric acid worldwide? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is dividable into subtype 1A which is mostly made up of water ice crystals and frozen nitric acid, 1B which consists of supercooled droplets of nitric and sulfuric acid, and subtype 1C which comprises small particles of nitric acid.
Examples of strong acids are hydrochloric acid (HCl), hydroiodic acid (HI), hydrobromic acid (HBr), perchloric acid (HClO 4 ), nitric acid (HNO 3 ) and sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ).
The red fuming nitric acid obtained may be converted to the white nitric acid.
Consider the following acid-base reaction: : HNOmain + Hmain O → Hmain Omain + NOmain Nitric acid ( HNOmain ) is an acid because it donates a proton to the water molecule and its conjugate base is nitrate ( NOmain ).
Although chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), and aluminium (Al) readily dissolve in dilute nitric acid, the concentrated acid forms a metal-oxide layer that protects the bulk of the metal from further oxidation.
Dilute nitric acid behaves as a typical acid in its reaction with most metals.
Dilute nitric acid may be concentrated by distillation up to 68% acid, which is a maximum boiling azeotrope containing 32% water.
It can also be made by mixing nitric acid with ammonium perchlorate and boiling while adding hydrochloric acid.
More recently, electrochemical means have been developed to produce anhydrous acid from concentrated nitric acid feedstock.
Niobium is attacked by hydrofluoric acid and hydrofluoric/nitric acid mixtures.
Nitric acid is consumed by the manufacturing process, but the diluted sulfuric acid can be reconcentrated and reused.
Nitric acid oxidizes the metal to +3 ions, but only in minute amounts, typically undetectable in the pure acid because of the chemical equilibrium of the reaction.
The nitrated toluenes are then separated, washed with dilute sodium bicarbonate to remove oxides of nitrogen, and then carefully nitrated with a mixture of fuming nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
The sulfuric acid produces protonated nitric acid species, which are attacked by glycerol's nucleophilic oxygen atoms.
They are converted into sulfuric acid and nitric acid.
Usually found as an aqueous solution, this colorless compound is a stronger acid than sulfuric and nitric acid.
On Tuesday evening, a semitruck full of liquid nitric acid rolled across an Arizona freeway, killing the driver and releasing toxic chemicals.
A cloud of nitric acid spread through the area, but has now settled, according to the local safety office.
What factors are responsible for increasing demand for nitric acid worldwide?
Alchemists knew nitric acid as aqua fortis (strong water).