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10% Nitric acid stored in aluminum tank
I have a 10% nitric acid bath in an aluminum tank, Will nitric attack the aluminum?
Carlos Carrera
student - MIAMI, Florida, USA
August 7, 2008
It would be fine if the aluminum were pure aluminum BUT almost all aluminum is an alloy. The higher the percentage of metals that the acid will attack,(copper, zinc, etc) the faster you will get holes.
James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
August 8, 2008
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