Question:
give reaction of calcium with nitric acid
Answer:
Calcium reacts with dilute acid to form a salt and evolve hydrogen gas. But hyfrogen is not evolved when react with nitric acid as it is a strong oxidising agent. It instead oxidises hydrogen to water and itself gets reduced to nitrogen oxide.
4Ca + 10HNO3-> 4Ca.NO3.2 + 5H20+ N2O
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