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Thank you. You didn't help me. By advice from a chemistry book from 1937 I looked up the lead chamber process, the first production of sulfuric acid on a large scale. Where SO2 Is oxidized to SO3 with oxides of nitrogen as a catalyst. 2SO2 + O2 → 2SO3 Dissolved into water forming sulfuric acid. Found everything on wikipedia. P.S. Where's the fun in just buying everything?

I'm looking for help balancing a chemical equation. I've read that sulfuric acid can synthesized by heating sulfur and sodium/potassium nitrate and dissolving the resulting gas in water. I'm guessing that the gas would be sulfur dioxide, the solution sulfurous acid, then oxidizing into sulfuric acid from sulfurous acid and atmospheric oxygen. Can someone show me a balanced equation of the sulfur/saltpeter reaction? and point out any flaws in my thinking? I was also thinking of dissolving the sulfur dioxide in hydrogen peroxide to directly create sulfuric acid. thanks