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Nitric Oxide

Question: How to dispose a nitric oxide cylinder? I'm looking for detailed procedure for disposing NO (Nitric Oxide) cylinder. Actually we are importing these cylinders from a company in another country so far (since its not available here) and had been shipping it back to the same company for disposal. Due to the cost involved, we are looking for ways to dispose it by ourselves. Kindly provide details on neutralization of Nitric Oxide and procedure for disposal of cylinder.

Answer: since NO or NO2 gas r acedic when they r dssolved in water they form acids so they must be neutraliz by bases .this can be done with the concentrated solutions of NaOH ,KOH ,NaCO3 or NaHCO3. these bases will be neutralized during the Reaction CO2 will dicharged and salt will form of the repective base. For example take the case of NaHCO3 which is of low cast and easily avilable in the market. the ppossible reaction is given NO(g)+ NaCHO3.(solution)......... .............>NaO2+H2O+CO3 which are the neutralized products


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