Nitric Acid, Concentrated, 1L For Sale

Nitric acid that has been concentrated (69–71%) is a liquid that is transparent, colourless or yellowish, corrosive, suffocating, hygroscopic, and fuming. practically all metals are attacked. It dissolves in water and breaks down in alcohol. In contact with organic materials, dangerous fire risk. Strong oxidizer, skin and mucous membrane corrosive, highly poisonous when inhaled.

Making aqua regia, which is typically one part nitric acid to three parts hydrochloric acid, is a standard method for dissolving gold from printed circuit boards using nitric acid. This results in a solution that has gold in it that is soluble.