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Question
Give reason for the following:
Aluminum does not react with nitric acid of any concentration.
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Solution
Aluminum does not react with nitric acid of any concentration because of the formation of extremely thin, unreactive, protective layer of insoluble metallic oxide on the surface of aluminium which stops further reaction.
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