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Question
Explain the following:
Nitrogen dioxide is a double acid anhydride.
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Solution
NO2 is called double acid anhydride because two acids – nitrous acid and nitric acid – are formed when it reacts with water.
\[\ce{2NO2 + H2O → HNO2 + HNO3}\]
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