Nitric acid

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Nitric acid

Quality:

Nitric acid - strong, oxidising mineral acid. Article “Nitric acid” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

This article has the best quality in Croatian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 4004th most popular in all topics.
The 8146th most popular in AI.

Since the creation of article “Nitric acid”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2840 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (8146th place).

The article is cited 75 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 14804 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #833 in July 2009
  • Global: #591 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #7326 in April 2011
  • Global: #2194 in November 2009

There are 54 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Croatian (hr)
Dušična kiselina
90.7239
2English (en)
Nitric acid
81.5995
3Estonian (et)
Lämmastikhape
81.3257
4Turkish (tr)
Nitrik asit
76.0675
5Catalan (ca)
Àcid nítric
68.434
6Georgian (ka)
აზოტმჟავა
58.6843
7Dutch (nl)
Salpeterzuur
56.1843
8Arabic (ar)
حمض النتريك
52.9208
9German (de)
Salpetersäure
52.2019
10Chinese (zh)
硝酸
45.7
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Nitric acid" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Nitric acid
13 091 239
2Spanish (es)
Ácido nítrico
5 106 521
3German (de)
Salpetersäure
4 904 349
4Russian (ru)
Азотная кислота
3 734 214
5Japanese (ja)
硝酸
3 182 048
6Italian (it)
Acido nitrico
1 697 601
7French (fr)
Acide nitrique
1 665 308
8Polish (pl)
Kwas azotowy
1 609 422
9Portuguese (pt)
Ácido nítrico
1 472 022
10Chinese (zh)
硝酸
1 143 937
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Nitric acid" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Nitric acid
20 572
2German (de)
Salpetersäure
7 271
3Japanese (ja)
硝酸
6 126
4Russian (ru)
Азотная кислота
4 271
5French (fr)
Acide nitrique
2 066
6Spanish (es)
Ácido nítrico
1 889
7Chinese (zh)
硝酸
1 830
8Italian (it)
Acido nitrico
1 655
9Persian (fa)
نیتریک اسید
1 268
10Turkish (tr)
Nitrik asit
1 239
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Nitric acid" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Nitric acid
562
2German (de)
Salpetersäure
272
3Russian (ru)
Азотная кислота
158
4French (fr)
Acide nitrique
135
5Spanish (es)
Ácido nítrico
121
6Italian (it)
Acido nitrico
118
7Dutch (nl)
Salpeterzuur
109
8Polish (pl)
Kwas azotowy
94
9Chinese (zh)
硝酸
94
10Japanese (ja)
硝酸
93
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Nitric acid" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
硝酸
3
2Russian (ru)
Азотная кислота
2
3Catalan (ca)
Àcid nítric
1
4Czech (cs)
Kyselina dusičná
1
5German (de)
Salpetersäure
1
6Indonesian (id)
Asam nitrat
1
7Georgian (ka)
აზოტმჟავა
1
8Arabic (ar)
حمض النتريك
0
9Azerbaijani (az)
Nitrat turşusu
0
10Belarusian (be)
Азотная кіслата
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Nitric acid" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Nitric acid
1 527
2German (de)
Salpetersäure
1 064
3Japanese (ja)
硝酸
961
4French (fr)
Acide nitrique
837
5Russian (ru)
Азотная кислота
824
6Chinese (zh)
硝酸
760
7Italian (it)
Acido nitrico
732
8Spanish (es)
Ácido nítrico
453
9Ukrainian (uk)
Нітратна кислота
441
10Czech (cs)
Kyselina dusičná
401
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2026:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
Simple English:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
حمض النتريك
azAzerbaijani
Nitrat turşusu
beBelarusian
Азотная кіслата
bgBulgarian
Азотна киселина
caCatalan
Àcid nítric
csCzech
Kyselina dusičná
daDanish
Salpetersyre
deGerman
Salpetersäure
elGreek
Νιτρικό οξύ
enEnglish
Nitric acid
eoEsperanto
Nitrata acido
esSpanish
Ácido nítrico
etEstonian
Lämmastikhape
euBasque
Azido nitriko
faPersian
نیتریک اسید
fiFinnish
Typpihappo
frFrench
Acide nitrique
glGalician
Ácido nítrico
heHebrew
חומצה חנקתית
hiHindi
नाइट्रिक अम्ल
hrCroatian
Dušična kiselina
huHungarian
Salétromsav
hyArmenian
Ազոտական թթու
idIndonesian
Asam nitrat
itItalian
Acido nitrico
jaJapanese
硝酸
kaGeorgian
აზოტმჟავა
kkKazakh
Азот қышқылы
koKorean
질산
laLatin
Acidum nitricum
ltLithuanian
Azoto rūgštis
msMalay
Asid nitrik
nlDutch
Salpeterzuur
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Salpetersyre
noNorwegian
Salpetersyre
plPolish
Kwas azotowy
ptPortuguese
Ácido nítrico
roRomanian
Acid azotic
ruRussian
Азотная кислота
shSerbo-Croatian
Azotna kiselina
simpleSimple English
Nitric acid
skSlovak
Kyselina dusičná
slSlovenian
Dušikova kislina
srSerbian
Азотна киселина
svSwedish
Salpetersyra
taTamil
நைட்ரிக் காடி
thThai
กรดไนตริก
trTurkish
Nitrik asit
ukUkrainian
Нітратна кислота
urUrdu
نائٹرک ایسڈ
uzUzbek
Nitrat kislotasi
viVietnamese
Acid nitric
zhChinese
硝酸
zhminnanMin Nan
Siau-sng

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#7326
04.2011
Global:
#2194
11.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#833
07.2009
Global:
#591
05.2002

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Nitric acid from Wikipedia articles about Nitroglycerin, Aqua regia, Potassium nitrate, Sulfuric acid and Ammonium nitrate. Whereas reading the article about Nitric acid people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Ostwald process, Red fuming nitric acid, Aqua regia, Sulfuric acid and Nitrogen dioxide.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

ja: 硝酸
zh: 硝酸
ko: 질산
simple: Nitric acid
zhminnan: Siau-sng

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