Nitric acid

• Formula: HNO₃
• Molecular weight: 63.0128
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/HNO3/c2-1(3)4/h(H,2,3,4) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GRYLNZFGIOXLOG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7697-37-2
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (NO₃^- • HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 2HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 2HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 3HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

 +  =

By formula: NO₃^- + H⁺ = HNO₃

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Br^- • HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (Br^- • 2HNO₃)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Br^- + HNO₃ = (Br^- • HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

( • ) +  = ( •  • )

By formula: (NO₃^- • HNO₃) + H₂O = (NO₃^- • H₂O • HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

(HO₄S^- • 2) +  = (HO₄S^- •  • 2)

By formula: (HO₄S^- • 2H₂O₄S) + HNO₃ = (HO₄S^- • HNO₃ • 2H₂O₄S)

Free energy of reaction

(HO₄S^- • 3) +  = (HO₄S^- •  • 3)

By formula: (HO₄S^- • 3H₂O₄S) + HNO₃ = (HO₄S^- • HNO₃ • 3H₂O₄S)

Free energy of reaction

(HO₄S^- • ) + HO₃S = (HO₄S^- • HO₃S • )

By formula: (HO₄S^- • HNO₃) + HO₃S = (HO₄S^- • HO₃S • HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

(HO₄S^- • ) +  = (HO₄S^- •  • )

By formula: (HO₄S^- • HNO₃) + H₂O = (HO₄S^- • H₂O • HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

(HO₄S^- • ) +  = (HO₄S^- • 2)

By formula: (HO₄S^- • HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (HO₄S^- • 2HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 3HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 4HNO₃)

( • ) +  = ( •  • )

By formula: (NO₃^- • HNO₃) + HBr = (NO₃^- • HBr • HNO₃)

( • 5) +  = ( • 6)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 5HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 6HNO₃)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 4HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 5HNO₃)

( • ) +  = ( •  • )

By formula: (NO₃^- • HBr) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • HNO₃ • HBr)

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₆N₂O₇ + HNO₃ = C₃H₅N₃O₉ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₈O₃ + HNO₃ = C₃H₇NO₅ + H₂O

 +  = ( • )

By formula: NO₃^- + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • HNO₃)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + HNO₃ = (Na⁺ • HNO₃)

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₇NO₅ + HNO₃ = C₃H₆N₂O₇ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₈O₃ + HNO₃ = C₃H₇NO₅ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₆N₂O₇ + H₂O = C₃H₇NO₅ + HNO₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₆N₂O₇ + HNO₃ = C₃H₅N₃O₉ + H₂O

 + 2 =  + 2

By formula: C₃H₇NO₅ + 2HNO₃ = C₃H₅N₃O₉ + 2H₂O

 + 3 =  + 3

By formula: C₃H₈O₃ + 3HNO₃ = C₃H₅N₃O₉ + 3H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₁₀O₃ + HNO₃ = C₄H₉NO₅ + H₂O

 +  = 2 + 

By formula: CH₃NO₂ + HNO₃ = 2NO₂ + CH₄O

 +  = C₂F₃NO₄ + 

By formula: C₄F₆O₃ + HNO₃ = C₂F₃NO₄ + C₂HF₃O₂

 +  = C₅H₁₁NO₆ + 

By formula: C₅H₁₂O₄ + HNO₃ = C₅H₁₁NO₆ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₆O₂ + HNO₃ = C₂H₅NO₄ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₁₀O₃ + HNO₃ = C₄H₉NO₅ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₃NO₄ + C₂H₄O₂ = C₄H₆O₃ + HNO₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₈O + HNO₃ = C₃H₇NO₃ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: CH₄O + HNO₃ = CH₃NO₃ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₆O + HNO₃ = C₂H₅NO₃ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₈O + HNO₃ = C₃H₇NO₃ + H₂O

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

Electron affinity determinations

Proton affinity at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

 +  =

By formula: NO₃^- + H⁺ = HNO₃

Ion clustering data

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M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
B - John E. Bartmess

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Br^- + HNO₃ = (Br^- • HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (Br^- • HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (Br^- • 2HNO₃)

(HO₄S^- • ) +  = (HO₄S^- • 2)

By formula: (HO₄S^- • HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (HO₄S^- • 2HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

(HO₄S^- • 2) +  = (HO₄S^- •  • 2)

By formula: (HO₄S^- • 2H₂O₄S) + HNO₃ = (HO₄S^- • HNO₃ • 2H₂O₄S)

Free energy of reaction

(HO₄S^- • 3) +  = (HO₄S^- •  • 3)

By formula: (HO₄S^- • 3H₂O₄S) + HNO₃ = (HO₄S^- • HNO₃ • 3H₂O₄S)

Free energy of reaction

( • ) +  = ( •  • )

By formula: (NO₃^- • HBr) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • HNO₃ • HBr)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: NO₃^- + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • HNO₃)

( • ) +  = ( • 2)

By formula: (NO₃^- • HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 2HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

( • 2) +  = ( • 3)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 2HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 3HNO₃)

Free energy of reaction

( • 3) +  = ( • 4)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 3HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 4HNO₃)

( • 4) +  = ( • 5)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 4HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 5HNO₃)

( • 5) +  = ( • 6)

By formula: (NO₃^- • 5HNO₃) + HNO₃ = (NO₃^- • 6HNO₃)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + HNO₃ = (Na⁺ • HNO₃)

References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  T	Temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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