Nitric Acid

Product Code : SCL-LC-12282

The Nitric Acid Laboratory Reagent is a corrosive inorganic acid used for supervised chemistry experiments involving nitrate chemistry, oxidation behaviour, acid-base work, analytical preparation, and controlled laboratory demonstrations. It is suitable only for trained chemistry laboratories, colleges, science departments, institutional tenders, distributors, and educational procurement buyers.

Product Description

Nitric Acid from Science Lab Supplies is intended for controlled educational and laboratory use where nitric acid is required under an approved SOP. The exact concentration, grade, pack size, bottle type, batch number, shelf life, SDS, COA, and transport documents must be confirmed before final publication or quotation.

Nitric acid is commonly represented as HNO₃. It is a strong mineral acid and oxidising chemical, so it must be handled with strict PPE, ventilation, segregation, and hazardous-waste controls. This page describes laboratory-use nitric acid only, not consumer, metal-testing, pyrotechnic, explosive, agricultural, or unrestricted-use material.

Key Features

• Mineral acid reagent: suitable for supervised chemistry teaching and approved analytical laboratory procedures.
• Formula reference: nitric acid is represented as HNO₃.
• Oxidising acid behaviour: supports lessons on oxidation, nitrates, acid reactions, and chemical safety.
• Concentration verification required: supplied strength must be confirmed from the label, SDS, and COA.
• Strict compatibility control: keep separated from combustibles, reducing agents, bases, organics, metals, and incompatible materials.
• Hazard-controlled handling: requires PPE, fume-hood use where required, trained supervision, and emergency washing facilities.
• Documentation-led procurement: SDS, COA, grade, assay, batch number, and transport classification should be verified before use.

Technical Specifications

What's Included in the Kit

• 1 × Nitric Acid container
• Safety Data Sheet, Certificate of Analysis, batch label, expiry/shelf-life detail, and transport documents

Applications / Uses

• Teaching mineral acids, nitrate chemistry, and oxidising acid behaviour in supervised laboratories
• Supporting approved analytical chemistry and reagent preparation procedures
• Demonstrating acid-base principles, oxidation reactions, and nitrate ion chemistry under SOP control
• Preparing approved dilute laboratory solutions only by trained personnel following SDS guidance
• Explaining corrosive chemical handling, oxidizer storage, and hazardous-waste segregation
• Supporting tender-based procurement for controlled chemistry lab chemical inventories

How to Use the Nitric Acid

1. Read the current SDS, product label, institutional SOP, and risk assessment before use.
2. Allow only trained laboratory personnel to dispense or dilute nitric acid.
3. Wear suitable PPE, including lab coat, acid-resistant gloves, and eye or face protection.
4. Work in a fume hood or approved ventilated area where fumes, vapour, mist, or aerosols may be generated.
5. Use only the minimum quantity required by the approved procedure.
6. Prepare diluted solutions only in compatible, labelled containers using the written institutional method.
7. Keep away from organic materials, reducing agents, bases, metals, combustibles, and incompatible chemicals.
8. Collect residues and contaminated materials as acid and oxidizer-compatible hazardous waste.

Safety note: Nitric Acid Laboratory Reagent must be handled as a corrosive oxidising acid. Do not inhale fumes, touch with bare hands, heat casually, mix with unknown chemicals, pour into incompatible containers, or issue for unsupervised student handling.

Care & Maintenance

• Store tightly closed in a compatible acid container inside a cool, ventilated, restricted chemical-storage area.
• Keep separated from bases, reducing agents, organic chemicals, flammable materials, metals, food items, and unlabelled containers.
• Use only compatible dispensing tools and never return unused nitric acid to the original bottle.
• Maintain SDS, COA, batch number, concentration, grade, pack size, and transport classification records for audit control.

Why Choose Science Lab Supplies

Science Lab Supplies manufactures and exports scientific laboratory instruments, lab experiment setups, science kits, mathematics kits, didactic models, and STEM models. Its lab-chemical range supports chemistry laboratories with acids, bases, salts, solvents, oxidising reagents, indicators, and teaching chemicals for institutional and tender requirements. The brand’s Lab Chemicals category references Analytical Reagent Grade Nitric Acid, with final product documentation to be verified for each shipment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Nitric Acid used for in a laboratory?

Nitric Acid is used as a mineral acid and oxidising reagent for supervised nitrate chemistry, analytical preparation, acid-base demonstrations, and approved oxidation practicals.

What is the formula of Nitric Acid?

The formula of Nitric Acid is HNO₃. Its CAS number is 7697-37-2 and its molecular weight is 63.0128 g/mol.

Is Nitric Acid hazardous?

Yes. Nitric Acid is corrosive and oxidising. It requires SDS-based handling, PPE, ventilation, compatible storage, restricted access, and controlled hazardous-waste disposal.

What concentration is supplied?

The concentration is not confirmed. Add percentage strength, assay, density, fuming status, and grade only after checking the final label, SDS, and COA.

Is Nitric Acid suitable for school chemistry labs?

It is suitable only where the institution permits nitric acid handling and trained staff control dispensing, dilution, demonstrations, storage, and disposal.

Can Nitric Acid be used for pyrotechnics or explosive work?

No. This page is for laboratory-use Nitric Acid only. It should not be marketed, supplied, or described for pyrotechnic, explosive, weapon, fuel-mixture, or consumer use.

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