Oxidizing Properties of Nitric acid

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Uploaded by on May 15, 2009

In this video several experiments are performed to demonstrate the oxidizing properties of Nitric acid

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  • Why is your NaOH liquid? It's supposed to be a white/wax-like solid or powder.

  • @iasedu Yes you are correct. NaOH is a white deliquescent solid , I prepared my solution by dissolving it in Distilled water.

  • 70% isn't concentrated! I make 93% at home!

  • @iasedu 70% Nitric acid is standard laboratory reagent concentration, any concentration above this leads to the formation of Fuming Nitric Acid which gives off NO2 and other harmful gases at room temperature.

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  • @Feonix12 yes but my windows were open.

  • @oceanofdarkstars probably not using a mask or fume hood to protect from nitrogen dioxide

  • @oceanofdarkstars Nor do my teachers.

  • @dhwanitchem i'm not saying that copper doesn't react with nitric acid of course i'm just saying that copper doesn't react with nitric acid to form hydrogen since it's below hydrogen in the activity series. So one would think that copper wouldn't react but nitric acid is such a strong oxidizer it oxidizes copper in to Cu+2 ions and reducing the nitrate ion in to nitrogen dioxide or under certain conditions it makes nitrogen monoxide.

  • @spotlightman1234 please go throught this ---> search nitric acid in wikipedia and read Oxidizing properties

  • @MrLordbananna I don't think so! Copper is below hydrogen in the activity series.

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