nitric acid
Also known as spirit of niter, fuming nitric acid, aqua fortis, engraver's acid, hydrogen nitrate, HONO2, HNO3, HNO₃
strong, oxidising mineral acid
AI overview
Nitric acid is a powerful chemical that readily donates protons and causes oxidation reactions, making it highly reactive and corrosive. It's important in industrial applications because these properties allow it to break down or transform many other materials.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- HNO3
- Molecular weight
- 63.013 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- nitric acid
- SMILES
- [N+](=O)(O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- GRYLNZFGIOXLOG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.2
- Polar surface area
- 66.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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IUPAC name Nitric acid
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