Saturday, November 29, 2014

Nitrous Acid

Nathan Kinner

Nitrous Acid

The formula for nitrous acid is HNO2. It is made up of hydrogen and nitrite. Did you know that nitrous acid is unstable? This means it is prepared in situ. Another name, more formal, is nitric (III) acid. It is a weak acid and not very harmful.



http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/amines/nitrousacid.html
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 30, 2014 at 3:11 PM

    I thought most acids were very harmful, but i guess I guess i was wrong

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  2. AnonymousDecember 1, 2014 at 5:42 AM

    I thought all acids were very strong and powerful, this is useful information to know

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  3. AnonymousDecember 1, 2014 at 9:02 AM

    This is cool info. It's good that it's not harmful.

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  4. PopperheadNovember 22, 2015 at 8:51 AM

    This is what you need to make a good popper - a good batch of nitrous acid...not so easy.

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