Explain the following observation made by a form three student.(a) Dilute hydrochloric acid does not react with copper metal, but dilute nitric acid does

      

Explain the following observation made by a form three student.
a) Dilute hydrochloric acid does not react with copper metal, but dilute nitric acid does.
b) Describe briefly how one can distinguish Nitrogen (I) oxide from Nitrogen (II) oxide.

  

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john
a) Dilute nitric (V) acid is a very powerful
Oxidizing agent hence it can react with least reactive metals.
b) Nitrogen (I) oxide relights a glowing splint and has a faint sweet smell, while nitrogen (II) oxide is very unstable
john3 answered the question on November 9, 2017 at 08:52


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