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The use of nitric acid in the technique is based on two of its properties: oxidizing ability and nitrating effect. As an oxidizing agent, it is used to obtain sulfuric acid by the tower method. Н

The abrasive effect of nitric acid is used to make most of the organic dyes containing nitrogen, nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose (smokeless powder and collodion), picric acid, as well as almost all nitrogen-containing explosives. Besides, nitric acid is consumed in the production of nitrates. It also serves as a chemical solvent for most metals