Cr(NO3)3 + 3 H2O → Cr(OH)3 + 3 HNO3
Reactants:
- Cr(NO3)3 – Chromium(III) nitrate
- Other names: Nitric acid , Chromium(3+) salt , Chromium trinitrate
- Appearance: Blue-violet crystals (anhydrous) | Purple crystals (nonahydrate)
- Other names: Nitric acid
- H2O – Water, oxidane
- Other names: Water (H2O) , Hydrogen hydroxide (HH or HOH) , Hydrogen oxide
- Appearance: White crystalline solid, almost colorless liquid with a hint of blue, colorless gas
- Other names: Water (H2O)
Products:
- Cr(OH)3 – Chromium(3+) hydroxide
- Other names: Chromium(III) hydroxide , Chromium (iii) hydroxide hydrate
, Cr(OH)3 , Chromic (III) hydroxide hydrate - Appearance: Green, gelatinous precipitate ; Blue-to-green powder or black particles
- Other names: Chromium(III) hydroxide
- HNO3 – Nitric acid
- Other names: Aqua fortis , Spirit of niter , Eau forte
- Appearance: Colorless, yellow or red fuming liquid ; Colourless-to-yellow liquid with pungent odour ; Colorless, yellow, or red, fuming liquid with an acrid, suffocating odor. [Note: Often used in an aqueous solution. Fuming nitric acid is concentrated nitric acid that contains dissolved nitrogen dioxide.]
- Other names: Aqua fortis