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Question
The diagram given below is a representation of the Industrial preparation of Nitric acid by Ostwald’s process. With respect to the process answer the following questions:
- Write the temperature and the catalyst required during the catalytic oxidation of ammonia.
- Give balanced chemical equation for the reaction occurring duringthe conversion of nitrogen dioxide to nitric acid.
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Solution
- 800°C and Pt
- \[\ce{4NO2 + 2H2O + O2 -> 4HNO2}\]
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