nitric acid

nitric acid Definition

nitric acid

noun

a colorless, fuming acid, HNO, that is highly corrosive: prepared by the action of sulfuric acid on nitrates and by the oxidation of ammonia

nitric acid Usage Examples

Converse of object

produce: Further it will eventually breakdown to produce nitric acid and hence give rise to acid rain which harms the environment.

Adjective modifier

concentrated: Reprocessing involves the dissolution of the spent fuel in boiling concentrated nitric acid and subsequent physico-chemical separations of uranium and plutonium.

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