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Reaction between tin and nitric acid

February 26, 2014

Q. Hi,
I would like to know the interaction of pure tin and concentrated nitric acid. I have a decent knowledge of metallurgy. But I am not that familiar with chemistry. Can you advise me.

Ray McCabe

Raymond McCabe

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Ed. note: In private communication, Ray revealed that he was seeing some white precipitate form when dissolving pure tin in pure nitric acid.

A. That white material sounds like metastannic acid ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] .

HCl is a much better solvent for Sn because it is nonoxidizing.

Dave Wichern
Consultant - The Bronx, New York
April 8, 2014

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