Fuming Sulfuric?

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When you mix aqueous solutions of HNO3 and H2SO4, what are the products? Hydrogen, nitrogen dioxide and...what? The nitric acid is 16 molar and the sulfuric is 18M.

2007-02-26 09:35:41 · 1 answers · asked by emsviper 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

Two things: wouldn't this be a redox reaction since NO3 is a strong oxidizing agent? Also, I think that NO2 is nitrogen dioxide. Could you please check your answer?

2007-02-26 10:04:02 · update #1

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The sulphuric acid protonates the nitric acid, which then loses water.

H2SO4 + HNO3 ----> H2O + (NO2)+ + (HSO4)-.

No hydrogen. No nitrogen dioxide.

2007-02-26 09:51:27 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋