If there’s a chemical with a cooler name than “fuming nitric acid,” we can’t think of it. Nearly pure nitric acid is useful stuff, especially if you’re in the business of making rocket fuels and ...

If you’re lucky, reverse engineering can be a messy business. Sure, there’s something to be said for attacking and characterizing an unknown system and leaving no trace of having been there, but there ...

When fuming nitric acid comes into contact with lab gloves the results show the terrifying power of one of chemistry’s most corrosive substances. Yen Santos and Chavit Singson address longstanding ...

PHOENIX, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 14, 2023, a commercial vehicle carrying toxic nitric acid crashed, spilling the chemical into the surrounding environment and negatively impacting the ...