In deflagration with nitre, azotic gas is likewise disengaged, because azote is one of the constituent elements of nitric acid.
The other substances, azotic acid and potash, were all at his disposal.
During this operation, a large quantity of oxygen gas, mixed with a small proportion of azotic gas, is disengaged.
A number of glass bottles were made and filled with azotic acid.
But, after all, how was he going to employ this azotic acid?
In default of fulminate, he could easily obtain a substance similar to guncotton, since he had azotic acid at his disposal.
This taste is caused by the azotic acid formed from the oxygen and azote of the atmosphere.
The other faces of the cube or cylinder of copper used are coated, and the copper placed in a bath of azotic acid.
This was ascribed to the union of the azotic part of the atmosphere with the effused pus in Sect.
Cyrus Harding then took two slips of zinc, one of which was plunged into azotic acid, the other into a solution of potash.