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Question
Give reason for the following:
In laboratory preparation of nitric acid all the apparatus including cork should be made up of glass.
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Solution
ln laboratory preparation of nitric acid all the apparatus including cork should be made up of glass because nitric acid vapours are highly corrosive in nature and corrodes cork, rubber etc.
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