Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I have to find a way to purify calcium nitrate to make black powder in my final exam answers appreciated?

Treatment of Ca(OH)2 with nitric acid will yield Ca(NO3)2 and water. Evaporate the solution to dryness = Ca(NO3)2. Use high quality water to dilute the nitric acid and for making the Ca(OH)2 solution. Ca(OH)2 reaches saturation at ~ 0.025M soo you might want to use either dry


Ca(OH)2 or even CaO if available for the reaction .





CaO + 2HNO3-------%26gt; Ca(NO3)2 + H2O


Ca(OH)2 + 2HNO3 --------%26gt; Ca(NO3)2 + 2 H2O

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