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Nitric Acid???


If I electrolyze potassium nitrate mixed in water, then would it bubble out potassium and oxygen with an exothermic reaction to make nitric acid? From what I think I know I would be taking the potassium ion away from the nitrate ion so the nitrate would then combine with the water releasing oxygen to form nitric acid.

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Aug 27, 2010. 1:34 PMNurdRage says:
The water would electrolyze first before the potassium does, you'd get hydrogen and oxygen and still have potassium nitrate.

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