The nitric acid and bomb-making ingredients were found during a raid in Karmah.

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They found that many people did not know enough about the perils of using dangerous chemicals such as nitric acid and mercury.

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Investigators also discovered large amounts of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, detonators, grenade casings, hand guns, molds of human faces, and wigs.

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The operators of the plant are also being prosecuted over a leak of concentrated nitric acid on 11 March last year, which injured two employees.

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Platinum: As a primarily industrial metal, platinum plays the role of catalyst in the processing of petroleum and chemicals such as nitric acid, fertilizers and synthetic fibers.

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Also on Sunday U.S. and Iraqi troops found 100 gallons of nitric acid and other bomb-making materials Sunday during raids that yielded the arrests of 72 suspected members of the al Qaeda in Iraq network, the U.S. military said.

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Niteworks is made from L-arginine, an amino acid that helps produce nitric oxide.

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