rbennett07

Hello. I'm new to this seemingly awesome forum. So if i take a nitrate salt and put it in H2SO4 it will yield HNO3? Will this occur just by dropping (slowly inserting, solution of nit. salt maybe, since the acid is so exothermic) the salt into the acid? Will they react on their own? Of course I'd also set up an ice bath. When it comes to sulfuric acid, can liquid fire drain cleaner be used, in terms of purity? It says it contains concentrated sulfuric acid, and it gives all the wonderful warnings about how it can erupt violently from the drain anytime etc. so i thought id verify this. I get the impression that HNO3 is violently poisonus, but a whole lot stronger than HCl? I've been playing with muriatic acid alot lately and I imagine its MUCH stronger than that, but i don't know. Can I even store the nitric acid that is made for an extended period of time? Enlighten me if you don't mind.