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nitric

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nitric.

Editorial note

Edit: chapter 5 covers making sulfuric acid and then describes making nitric acid.

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Quick take

Nitric acid.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nitric gathered in one view.

noun

Nitric acid.

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nitric.

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

Example sentences

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Edit: chapter 5 covers making sulfuric acid and then describes making nitric acid.

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Since I don't happen to have a source of nitric acid, I'm going to have to look up the nitric acid copper raction on youtube now...

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Toss some nitric acid in there, forming aqua regia, and you'll dissolve the whole chip including any gold.

4

They may also not have had that much on hand, HCl and nitric acid are way easier to find.

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The kicker, though is the sudden conversion of a large part of the atmosphere into nitric acid.

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A + B + C = Nitric Oxide A B and C fit together like a puzzle.

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If nitric acid, common in organic chemistry, drips on the transformer and fries it, something happens.

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Turns out, the nitric acid reacts with the various chemicals in the transformer and the PCB.

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If you've ever exercised and seen your veins become larger, that is nitric oxide at work.

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Its not quite known how sunlight does this - one possibility is that it mobilizes nitric oxide in the skin.

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Bunnie dips the chips in fuming nitric acid and posts the photos to the web.

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Senecal's test engine consumed 15 percent less fuel than a standard engine while producing one-third as much nitric oxide and half the soot.

Quote examples

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The statement "nitric acid acts upon copper" would be something more than mere words.

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Having nitric acid and copper, I had only to learn what the words "act upon" meant.

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I had seen a bottle marked nitric acid on a table in the doctor's office where I was then "doing time." I did not know its peculiarities, but the spirit of adventure was upon me.

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The story about nitric acid reminds me of my favorite quote by Ira Remsen about the value of experiments in a laboratory: ❝While reading a textbook of chemistry I came upon the statement, "nitric acid acts upon copper." I was getting tired of reading such absurd stuff and I was determined to see what this meant.

Proper noun examples

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Nitric acid not only acts upon copper, but it acts upon fingers.

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Nitric oxide (NO) ≠ nitrous oxide (N2O).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use nitric in a sentence?

Edit: chapter 5 covers making sulfuric acid and then describes making nitric acid.

What does nitric mean?

Nitric acid.

What part of speech is nitric?

nitric is commonly used as noun, adjective.