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Elemental Tales: Comic 10

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:bulletred: Story by me

:bulletblue: Art by :iconammytheninja:

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Real-life Chemistry Info for Comic 10:

SILVER AND NITRIC ACID:

Nitric acid (HNO3) is a colorless, highly corrosive mineral acid.  One of the things it can do is dissolve silver (Ag).  When you put silver in nitric acid, it dissolves to make a solution of silver nitrate (AgNO3).  While the silver is dissolving, toxic brown nitrogen dioxide gas (NO2) is released into the air, as well as water vapor.  The equation for this reaction is:

Ag + 2HNO3 ---> AgNO3 + H2O + NO2

Here's an example YouTube video that shows silver being dissolved in nitric acid:

GOLD AND AQUA REGIA:

Aqua regia is a mixture of nitric acid (HNO3) and hydrochloric acid (HCl).  The mixture has to specifically be in a ratio of 1:3...1 part nitric acid to 3 parts hydrochloric acid.  When you mix these two colorless acids together in this specific ratio, the mixture turns into a reddish-orange color, and is called aqua regia.  One of the things aqua regia can do is dissolve gold (Au).  When you put gold in aqua regia, it dissolves to make a solution of chloroauric acid (HAuCl4).  While the gold is dissolving, toxic brown nitrogen dioxide gas (NO2) is released into the air, as well as water vapor.  The equation for this reaction is:

Au + HNO3 + 4HCl ---> HAuCl4 + 2H2O + NO

(A note):  In Panel 17 of the comic, besides showing NO2 being released from Gold, I also added in NOCl (nitrosyl chloride), Cl2 (chlorine gas), and NO (nitric oxide) as other gases being released from Gold, too.  When you mix nitric acid and hydrochloric acid together to make aqua regia, a decomposition product of aqua regia is a yellow gas called nitrosyl chloride.  Chlorine gas and water vapor are other end products, too.  The equation for this reaction is:

HNO3 + 3HCl ---> Cl2 + 2H2O + NOCl

In nitric acid, NOCl is readily oxidized into the toxic brown nitrogen dioxide gas (NO2).  So altogether, all the gases that are released while gold is dissolving in aqua regia are NOCl (nitrosyl chloride), Cl2 (chlorine gas), and nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2).

(Another note):  The name "aqua regia" means "royal water" in Latin.  It was so named because it can dissolve several precious metals, such as gold, palladium and platinum.  So Platinum had to be very careful when handling the aqua regia in the comic, so that he didn't accidentally dissolve himself. :XD:

Here's an example YouTube video that shows gold being dissolved in aqua regia:


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An acid that can dissolve flippin' GOLD of all things is a scary thought...