Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Describe what you see when concentrated nitric acid is added to copper.
Advertisements
Solution
When concentrated nitric acid is added to copper brown fumes of nitrogen dioxide are observed.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Explain the following:
Dilute nitric acid is generally considered a typical acid but not so in its reaction with metals.
Ammonia is used in the Ostwald process.
Give the sources of reactants used in this process.
What is meant by the following term?
Fuming nitric acid
Write the equations involved in Ostwald process.
Give reason for the following:
Nitric acid is used in purification of gold.
What happens when (Given balanced equation):
Nitric acid is added to Kl (aq)?
Fill in the blank with appropriate word/words.
Ammonal is a mixture of ________ and __________
The figure given below illustrates the apparatus used in the laboratory preparation of nitric acid:
(i) Name A (a liquid), B( a Solid) and C(a liquid).
(ii) write the balanced chemical equation to show how nitric acid undergoes decomposition.
(iii) Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction in which copper is oxidized by concentrated nitric acid.
Explain the following:
Dilute nitric acid is generally considered a typical acid but not so in its reaction with metals.
Explain the following:
Concentrated nitric acid appears yellow when it is left standing in a glass bottle.
