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Question
Write a balanced equation and name the products formed when zinc reacts with dilute nitric acid.
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Solution
Zinc reacts with nitric acid to form zinc nitrate, nitric oxide, and water.
\[\ce{3Zn + 8HNO3 -> 3Zn(NO3)2 + 4H2O + 2NO}\]
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