Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Write balanced equation for the preparation of nitric acid from potassium nitrate.
Advertisements
Solution
\[\ce{KNO3 + H2SO4 ->[200°] KHSO4 + HNO3}\]
RELATED QUESTIONS
Explain the following:
Dilute nitric acid is generally considered a typical acid but not so in its reaction with metals.
Ammonia is used in the Ostwald process.
Name the catalyst used in the process.
How will you prepare the following from nitric acid?
Ferric nitrate
The chemical used in the brown ring test is ______.
What is the purpose of Conc. H2SO4 in the above preparation?
What do you observe when?
Concentrated nitric acid is dropped on a hot surface?
Name the compounds required for the laboratory preparation of nitric acid.
Dilute nitric acid is generally considered a typical acid except for its reaction with metals. In what way is dilute nitric acid different from other acids when it reacts with metals?
Why should the temperature of the reaction mixture of nitric acid not be allowed to rise above 200oC?
The figure given below illustrates the apparatus used in the laboratory preparation of nitric acid.
- Name A (a liquid), B (a solid), and C (a liquid). (Do not give the formulae.)
- Write an equation to show how nitric acid undergoes decomposition.
- Write the equation for the reaction in which copper is oxidised by concentrated nitric acid.
