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Nitric acid is manufactured industrially using the Ostwald process, which involves reacting ammonia and oxygen over a platinum-rhodium catalyst at high temperatures and pressures to produce nitric oxide, then cooling and reacting with more oxygen to produce nitrogen dioxide, which is absorbed in water to produce nitric acid. Nitric acid is a strong acid and oxidizing agent that decomposes when exposed to sunlight. It is used to manufacture explosives, fertilizers, photographic films, and other metal nitrate

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Mg H

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