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The overall reaction for the Ostwald process for the manufacture of nitric acid.

The 60% acid solution is concentrated by distillation followed by dehydration with conc. sulfuric acid.

J.D. Lee, Concise Inorganic Chemistry, Fourth Edition, Chapman and Hall, 1991.
NH3
  +  
2
O2
         
HNO3
  +  
H2O
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Ammonia     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Nitric acid, concentrated     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Redox

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