Why is nitric acid (#HNO_3#) important?

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mozzie
May 23, 2017

It's a strong monoprotic acid.

Explanation:

Being a strong monoprotic acid, nitric acid will always undergo complete ionisation. This means that the concentration of acid is always the concentration of H+ ions is it only donuts one H+ ion per molecule. It is important to know the concentration of H+ ions as that allows you to calculate the pH of the solution.

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