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Title: How long until sodium nitrite becomes sodium nitrate when exposed to oxygen?
Post by: DaveMills on April 15, 2023, 08:36:58 AM

How often can sodium nitrite be exposed to oxygen until it oxidizes into sodium nitrate and how long will the process take?

Title: Re: How long until sodium nitrite becomes sodium nitrate when exposed to oxygen?
Post by: Hunter2 on April 15, 2023, 10:49:55 AM

In short term nothing  happens. Maybe in some years it will be converted.

Title: Re: How long until sodium nitrite becomes sodium nitrate when exposed to oxygen?
Post by: Corribus on April 17, 2023, 09:52:12 AM

Rates of reaction depend (for a start) on (1) temperature, (2) concentrations, (3) pH, (4) phases of reactants, and (5) particle size (in the case of solids). It is impossible to answer this question generally.