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Although nitrites are the nitrogen compound chiefly used in meat curing, nitrates are used in certain specialty curing processes where a long release of nitrite from parent nitrate stores is needed. The use of nitrates in food preservation is controversial.
To make the nitric acid, start by crushing the ammonium nitrate into a powder, and then add about half a cup to a GLASS container (metal containers interfere with the process, and plastic containers will melt), and then measure out half a cup of hydrochloric acid, and pour it into the GLASS jar of ammonium nitrate.hat you need to make nitric acid are two very common ingredients: ammonium nitrate (which can be found as a fertilizer found at a farming supplier or in instant ice packs found in you drugstore), and hydrochloric acid (found under the name of Muriatic acid at every hardware store or Canadian tire.