Nitric acid

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/nitric-acid

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. What is the chemical formula?

2. 2. What is the historical name?

3. 3. What is nitric acid and why is it called a super strong liquid?

4. 4. How did people first discover nitric acid?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

• Nitronium Ion

• Ostwald Process

• Hypergolic Propellant

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.