The synthesis is pretty straightforward, if a bit dangerous. An excess of sulfuric acid is added to potassium nitrate, and more or less pure nitric acid is distilled away from the resulting ...

To the upper right we have very pure potassium chlorate, so much so that it bursts into flames when mixed with sugar and catalyzed with some sulfuric acid. [Mr. Home Scientist] produced the ...

Strong acids such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and nitric acid are ... drain cleaners and oven cleaners usually contain sodium hydroxide. Ammonia is also commonly used in cleaners, and ...

We will use titration procedures to determine the volume and concentration of a solution of sulfuric acid by neutralising alkaline sodium hydroxide solution. The sodium hydroxide is our solution ...