When nitric acid is treated with gold, nothing happens, as gold is a noble metal and does not react with nitric acid alone. Gold dissolves only in aqua regia, a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid, forming chloroauric acid. Nitric acid by itself cannot dissolve gold.
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What happens when nitric acid is treated with gold?
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