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Question
What happen when (Given balanced equation) :
Nitric acid is dissolved in large amount of water?
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Solution
Nitric acid ionizes in water to form free hydronium ions and nitrate ions.
\[\ce{HNO3 + H2O ⇌ H3O+ + NO^{-}_{3}}\]
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