Chemical Composition of Nitric Acid in Aqueous Solution

Chemical Composition of Nitric Acid in Aqueous Solution

Nitric acid (HNO3) is a strong mineral acid commonly used in various industrial processes and chemical laboratories. In a 17.5% by mass aqueous solution of nitric acid, we need to determine the chemical composition in terms of mole fraction to understand the presence of nitric acid relative to water in the solution.