If there’s a chemical with a cooler name than “fuming nitric acid,” we can’t think of it. Nearly pure nitric acid is useful stuff, especially if you’re in the business of making rocket fuels and ...

If you’re lucky, reverse engineering can be a messy business. Sure, there’s something to be said for attacking and characterizing an unknown system and leaving no trace of having been there, but there ...

The time-honored treatment for dog bite is the use of fuming nitric acid, although, since it often gives rise to scarring, there is some question whether its use should not be discontinued, since ...

FOR the analysis of the nitrate content of sea water, and for certain tests on alkaloids, it is necessary to have sulphuric acid free from all but the most minute amounts of nitric acid. After testing ...

It’s volatile, corrosive, and absolutely unforgiving. Making fuming nitric acid isn’t just chemistry—it’s controlled chaos Ricky Hatton sent this message to bullied schoolboy just days before he died ...