Is it Practical to Produce Nitric Acid from Gasoline?

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Burning gasoline can produce nitrogen oxides (NOx), but gasoline lacks significant nitrogen-bearing compounds, which limits the potential for generating nitric acid from this process. The combustion of gasoline primarily results in soot, formaldehyde, benzene, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, water, and various sulfur compounds, rather than useful nitrogen compounds. While NOx can be produced, the overall yield of nitric acid from burning gasoline is not feasible due to the absence of sufficient nitrogen sources in gasoline. The discussion also touches on the practicality of using nitric acid, but does not elaborate on specific applications.
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Can you burn gasoline to form nox witch can then be condensed with the other impurities to make dilute nitric acid witch could then be purified to make 63% nitric acid (by way of heating till smelling nitric vapors) it would make since that nox could be produced by burning gasoline because it came from organic compounds witch would have amino acids in it witch would burn and create the nox

i know that what happens in automobiles but could it be done and a cup of burning fuel
 
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What do you need the nitric acid for?

Gasoline does not contain any appreciable amine-or nitrogen bearing compounds. You'll just get soot, formaldehyde, benzene, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, water, sulfur dioxide, sulfur tri-oxide (small amount), nitrogen oxides, and a host of much less than 1% of a bunch of other compounds that I am forgetting.
 
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