- British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
- Appendices
- Appendix I A. General Reagents
Nitric Acid |
Nitric Acid HNO3 = 63.01 (7697-37-2)
A corrosive, fuming liquid, about 16m in strength; weight per mL, about 1.42 g.
When no molarity is indicated use analytical reagent grade of commerce containing about 70% w/w of HNO3.
When solutions of molarity xm are required, they should be prepared by diluting 63x mL of nitric acid to 1000 mL with water.
Store protected from light.