Preparation And Properties Of Nitric Acid (1959) Posted: March 17, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 This film explores the chemistry of nitric acid, focusing on its production, acidic ...

The synthesis is pretty straightforward, if a bit dangerous. An excess of sulfuric acid is added to potassium nitrate, and more or less pure nitric acid is distilled away from the resulting ...