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Nitric acid is a strong oxidising agent.

Solution

An oxidizing acid is a Brønsted acid that is also a strong oxidizing agent. All Brønsted acids can act as oxidizing agents, because the acidic proton can be reduced to hydrogen gas. Some acids contain other structures that act as stronger oxidizing agents than hydrogen ion. Generally, they contain oxygen in the anionic structure. These include nitric acid, perchloric acid, chloric acid, chromic acid, and concentrated sulfuric acid, among others.

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

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The formation of nitroglycerin is done by the use of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulphuric acid. The process of conversion of glycerine into nitro glycerine is termed as:

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Choose the strongest oxidizing pair from the following :

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$$\ln$$ the reduction of $$HNO_{3}$$ to $$N_{2}O$$ the no.of moles of electrons involved per mole of $$HNO_{3}$$ is :

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The reaction of zinc with dilute and concentrated nitric acid, respectively, produces:

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How many grams of concentrated nitric acid solution should be used to prepare 250 mL of 2.0 M $$HNO_{3}$$? The concentrated acid is 70% $$HNO_{3}$$.

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With reference to aqura regia, choose the correct options(s)

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Among the metals $$Fe; Zn; Pb; Ag$$ and $$Pt,$$ which do not give a metal nitrate on treatment with concentrated $$HNO_3$$?

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When copper is treated with a certain concentration of nitric acid, nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide are liberated in equal volumes according to the equation: $$xCu+yHN{ O }_{ 3 }\longrightarrow Cu{ \left( N{ O }_{ 3 } \right) }_{ 2 }+NO+N{ O }_{ 2 }+{ H }_{ 2 }O$$ The coefficients of $$x$$ and $$y$$ are respectively:

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Illustrate how copper metal can give different products on reaction with HNO3.

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Concentrated nitric acid reacts with iodine to give:

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