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Question
What is passive iron?
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Solution
Iron becomes inert when reacted with nitric acid due to the formation of an extremely thin layer of insoluble metallic oxide, which stops the reaction.
\[\ce{Fe + 6HNO3 -> Fe(NO3)3 + 3H2O + 3NO2}\]
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