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Question
How will you prepare the following from nitric acid?
Ferric nitrate
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Solution
Ferric nitrate can be obtained by the action of very dilute HNO3 on iron.
\[\ce{Fe + 6HNO3 -> \underset{(Ferric nitrate)}{Fe(NO3)3} + 3H2O + 3NO2}\]
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