Question

Give two uses of the following acids.
Nitric acid
Hydrochloric acid
Sulphuric acid

Answer 1

nitric acid is used to make aqua regia

HCL is used to photoflash bulbs and fire works

sulphuric acid is used in car batteries

Answer 2

Answer:

• Nitric acid is used in the production of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers, making plastics, and in the manufacture of dyes. It is also used for making explosives such as nitroglycerin and TNT. When it is combined with hydrochloric acid, an element called aqua regia is formed

• It's used industrially to process steel, the material of choice for suspension bridges and cars and trucks. Hydrochloric acid is also used in the production of batteries, photoflash bulbs and fireworks. It's even used to process sugar and make gelatin

• In various concentrations the acid is used in the manufacture of fertilizers, pigments, dyes, drugs, explosives, detergents, and inorganic salts and acids, as well as in petroleum refining and metallurgical processes