Setting up in a shack behind his home, he began experimenting with various combinations of solvents and a doughy mixture
made of nitric acid and cotton.
Not exact matches
To demonstrate one potential use
of the nanoparticles, the research team used them as advanced catalysts for ammonia oxidation, which is a key step in the production
of nitric acid (a liquid
acid that is used in the production
of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers,
making plastics, and in the manufacturing
of dyes).
During the day, some
of the oil is used to heat a mixture
of liquid nitrate salts (
made by combining elements like sodium and potassium with
nitric acid) to temperatures above 700 degrees Fahrenheit.
They have apparel
made with recycled poleyster and renewable coconut and beechwood content, and note that the tent poles they specify have seen a greatly reduced use
of phosphoric and
nitric acid in the anodising process.