Does any one know what occurs when nitric oxide (NO) is bubbled into a strong aqueous NaOH solution? Whenever I do this, hardly no gas escapes from the basic solution, meaning it must all react.
NO reacts with water according to chemfinder.
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Reacts with water to produce corrosive nitric acid and
nitrous acid. -
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/hazmat/page_362.pdf (http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/hazmat/page_362.pdf)
It should produce aqueous sodium nitrite.
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