Assertion: nitrous acid | /r/CapableOf | catalyze nitrate reduction
Facets:
value: in pure aqueous nitric acid solutions
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In pure aqueous nitric acid solutions, nitrous acid catalyzes nitrate reduction and, therefore, acts to elevate the corrosion potential of stainless steel, increasing its corrosion rate a little if the temperature is high enough to support intergranular corrosion, even though the redox potential of the solution falls, since nitrous acid is less oxidizing than nitric acid (see Figure 12 in Chapter 2.24, Corrosion in Nitric Acid).