S P Singh Solutions for Chapter: Study of Compounds - Nitric Acid, Exercise 1: Intext Questions

Write balanced equations and name the products formed when:

Concentrated nitric acid is heated.

 How will you prepare sodium nitrate from nitric acid?

 How will you prepare Copper nitrate from nitric acid?

How will you prepare magnesium nitrate from nitric acid?

Correct the following, if required:

${\mathrm{HNO}}_3$ is a strong reducing agent.

Correct the following, if required:

${\mathrm{NaNO}}_3$ gives ${\mathrm{NO}}_2$ and ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ on heating.

Correct the following, if required:

Constant boiling nitric acid contains $80\%$ nitric acid by weight.

Correct the following, if required:

Nitric acid remains colourless even when exposed to light.