Product
Nitric Acid
Nitric acid is a strong mineral acid and oxidiser used to make fertilisers and explosives, to pickle and passivate metals, and in mining, chemicals and water treatment.
- Grades / forms
- 53–68%
- Documents
- TDS · SDS to view and download
Overview
Most nitric acid becomes ammonium nitrate for fertilisers and mining explosives. Its oxidising power also makes it the standard acid for passivating stainless steel, etching, and dissolving metals in refining.
It is supplied at 53–68% concentration, with fuming grades above 90% for special uses. It is corrosive and a strong oxidiser, shipped in approved containers under dangerous goods rules.
Applications
- 1Ammonium nitrate and fertiliser production
- 2Mining explosives
- 3Metal pickling, passivation and etching
- 4Precious-metal refining
- 5pH control and cleaning in water systems
Specification
- HNO3, %
- 68.0 min
- HNO2, %
- 0.01 max
- Ignition Residue
- 0.001 max
- Density(20℃)
- 1.405
Specification as stated on our Technical Data Sheet, which you can download below.
Documents
PDF documents from our quality records.
Packing & storage
Packing
- 35 kg HDPE carboys
- 250 kg HDPE drums
- 1 MT IBC totes
Storage & handling
Store in stainless-steel or approved plastic containers, away from organics, metals and reducing agents.
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- SDS in destination format
- Made to your specification
- Private label packing
Questions
Nitric Acid, answered.
Typically 53% to 68%; other strengths can be supplied on request.
Light and heat decompose it slightly into nitrogen dioxide, which colours it yellow.
Yes, in approved containers as dangerous goods (Class 8, with oxidiser subsidiary risk).
Yes. Cosmo Chemistry manufactures and exports Nitric Acid from Surat, Gujarat, India to more than 55 countries, for customers in the water treatment, mining & oil drilling and basic industrial chemicals industries. Send your grade, quantity and destination port for a quotation within one business day.
Every shipment of Nitric Acid from Cosmo Chemistry includes a batch-specific Certificate of Analysis (COA) and Safety Data Sheet (SDS). Certificate of Origin, third-party pre-shipment inspection and destination-specific regulatory documentation are arranged on request.
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