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JEE Advanced · Chemistry · 21. p Block (G15-18)

Concentrated nitric acid, upon long standing, turns yellow-brown due to the formation of

  1. A NO
  2. B NO2
  3. C N2O
  4. D N2O4
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(B) NO2

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Nitric acid decomposes in sunlight as per reaction
4 HNO 3 4 NO 2 + 2 H 2 O + O 2 g
Yellow colour is due to dissolved NO2(liq.) NO2(g) is brown in colour but it is yellow in dissolved form.
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