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प्रश्न
What is aqua fortis?
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उत्तर
Nitric acid (HNO3) is called aqua fortis. Aqua fortis means strong water. It is so called because it reacts with nearly all metals.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Cold, dilute nitric acid reacts with copper to give ______.
Write a balanced equation for the action of warm water on magnesium nitride.
- Write a balanced chemical equation for the laboratory preparation of nitric acid.
- In the preparation of nitric acid from KNO3, concentrated hydrochloric acid is not used in place of concentrated sulphuric acid. Explain why?
- Conc. nitric acid prepared in the laboratory is yellow in colour. Why? How is this colour removed?
- Give reasons for the following:
In the laboratory preparation of nitric acid, the mixture of concentrated sulphuric acid and sodium nitrate should not be heated very strongly above 200°C.
Give reason why concentrated nitric acid prepared in the laboratory is yellow in colour. State how the colour of the acid is removed.
Write a balanced equation and name the products formed when concentrated nitric acid is heated.
Write the balanced equation for the following:
Action of heat on AgNO3
Write down the word equation or balanced equation for the action of concentrated nitric acid on copper.
The following statement is correct only under certain conditions. Rewrite the statement including the appropriate condition(s) and underline it in your answer.
Copper and nitric acid react together to produce nitrogen dioxide.
Choose the correct word from the given options to complete the sentence :
Sulphur can be converted to sulphuric acid using __________ nitric acid.
Write equation to show the reaction between the following:
Copper and concentrated nitric acid.
