MedPR Membership Revoked Removed 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 1, 2011 Messages 18,577 Reaction score 57 Mar 23, 2012 #1 Members do not see this ad. I'm not understanding how N2O5+H2O forms HNO3..?
S SaintJude Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jan 4, 2012 Messages 1,479 Reaction score 5 Mar 23, 2012 #2 More commonly N2O5 it's a salt or a polar molecule with ions. So it dissociates as shown below. N2O5 ⇌ [NO2+][NO3−] And then in aqueous solution NO3- will combine with H+ to form nitric acid. Upvote 0 Downvote
More commonly N2O5 it's a salt or a polar molecule with ions. So it dissociates as shown below. N2O5 ⇌ [NO2+][NO3−] And then in aqueous solution NO3- will combine with H+ to form nitric acid.
