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Nitric Acid as Polishing Agent

Beside using phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid for chemical polishing, can I replace H3PO4 with nitric acid? If yes, what's the ratio between HNO3 and H2SO?

A.Rahman
- Selangor
2001

We would need more information on what you are trying to do. What metal,what is required, what are you actually using?

Geoffrey Whitelaw
- Port Melbourne, Australia
2001

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