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Question 7(c)

(i) What is the type of salt formed when the reactants are heated at a suitable temperature for the preparation of Nitric acid?

(ii) State why for the preparation of Nitric acid, the complete apparatus is made up of glass.

Answer

(i) Acid salt

(ii) The vapours of nitric acid are highly corrosive and attack rubber, cork. etc. For this reason, all glass apparatus is used in the laboratory preparation of nitric acid.