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HRID 463962Generated: October 26, 2026

Nitric Acid → Cupric nitrate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantNitric AcidHCID 944—
ReactantCopperHCID 23978—
ProductCupric nitrateHCID 18616—

Reaction Steps

In a regenerative process for etching copper, the steps of: contacting the copper with an aqueous solution of nitric acid to dissolve the copper and form copper nitrate, and adding sulfuric acid to the solution to convert the copper nitrate to nitric acid and a copper precipitate.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04545850
Source datasetuspto-grants-1985_10
ORD IDord-0e170fa196a14133b3cb536a537e6492
Source noteuspto-grants-1985_10