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What is the name of HNO3? A. nitrous acid B. nitric acid C. hydrogen nitrogen trioxide D. hydrogen nitrite
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What is the name of HNO3?

A. nitrous acid
B. nitric acid
C. hydrogen nitrogen trioxide
D. hydrogen nitrite

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Nitric Acid, Use the acronym NOB CLOB SOY POY to help determine what HNO3 actually is. NOB would be NO3 to the negative 1 power, and is a nitrate. The rules for naming acids are such that -ous is for -ites, and -ic is for -ates.
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B: Nitric Acid is the answer you are looking for.
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