This composition is made by dissolving gun-cotton made with the nitrate of potash (a substitute for nitric acid), and sulphuric acid dissolved in ether and alcohol, and is made as follows:— Take ...

Nitrate fertilisers can be made through neutralisation reactions. To complete this, a supply of nitric acid is required. Nitric acid is then used to make ammonium nitrate which is high in nitrogen.

nitric acid and sodium hydroxide, and anhydrous copper sulfate and water. Endothermic reactions include solid citric acid and sodium hydrogencarbonate, and dissolving ammonium nitrate in water.