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Nitric Acid

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Noun

1. aqua fortis, nitric acid

acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nitric Acid

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noun
a colourless or yellowish fuming corrosive liquid usually used in aqueous solution. It is an oxidizing agent and a strong monobasic acid: important in the manufacture of fertilizers, explosives, and many other chemicals. Formula: HNO3
. Former name: aqua fortis

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Nitric Acid

see synonyms of nitric acid
a colorless, fuming acid, HNO3, that is highly corrosive: prepared by the action of sulfuric acid on nitrates and by the oxidation of ammonia

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nitric Acid

see synonyms of nitric acid
n.
A colorless to yellowish, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO3, a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial metallurgical processes. Also called aqua fortis.

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