• 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.