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Study of Compounds: Nitric Acid
Chemistry (Science Paper 2) · Chapter 11 · 8. Study of Compounds
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- Part 1: Laboratory preparation and Ostwald’s process15 slides
- Part 2: Oxidising and acidic properties, and tests15 slides
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- Laboratory preparation of nitric acid from potassium or sodium nitrate: apparatus and precautions
- Manufacture by Ostwald's process (equations and conditions)
- Nitric acid as an oxidising agent: reactions with copper, carbon and sulphur
- Acidic properties: with magnesium and manganese, oxides, hydroxides, carbonates, hydrogen carbonates, sulphites and hydrogen sulphites
- Test for nitric acid