The kinetics of decomposition of hydrazine and hydroxylamine in concentrated nitric acid at 70 °C establish a critical concentration [hydrazine] ≍ 5 × 10−4 mol dm−3 below which a rapid autocalalytic decomposition of hydroxylamine occurs; this corresponds to the rate of nitrite scavenging by hydrazine balancing the rate of N2O4 formation.
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