Is it possible to make more nitrate by doing this?

[w0lvez]

I'm thinking of making more nitrate salt or nitric acid by dissolving copper using nitric acid on a vacuum flask to make copper nitrate and collecting the NO3 to water to form Nitric Acid. Is the copper nitrate produce in the process can make same amount of Nitric acid I used to make it? :?: :?:

 

[lazersteve]

We have discussed the production and uses of copper nitrate in detail on the forum numerous times. Use the search function and you will get a long list of posts.

When dissolving copper with nitric acid, a theoretical 50% of the NOx goes up in smoke during the reaction, the other half combines with the copper and can be recovered.

Of course, theoretical amounts are not what we observe when performing real reactions as there are always loses of some kind.

Steve

 

[butcher]

You may find this interesting.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=distilling+nitric+acid+azeotrope+&num=1000&ft=i&as_sitesearch=goldrefiningforum.com%2Fphpbb3&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any

.http://www.goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=7555

http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=6199

 

[w0lvez]

When dissolving copper with nitric acid, a theoretical 50% of the NOx goes up in smoke during the reaction, the other half combines with the copper and can be recovered.

Of course, theoretical amounts are not what we observe when performing real reactions as there are always loses of some kind.

I'm looking for a way to gain more nitrate. I'll just try to grow crystal of sodium nitrate

 

[Barren Realms 007]

When dissolving copper with nitric acid, a theoretical 50% of the NOx goes up in smoke during the reaction, the other half combines with the copper and can be recovered.

Of course, theoretical amounts are not what we observe when performing real reactions as there are always loses of some kind.

I'm looking for a way to gain more nitrate. I'll just try to grow crystal of sodium nitrate

Look into getting nitrates out of manure. You can do a search here on the forum and find the info.