Chemistry, asked by amarjitokram8161, 1 year ago

Explain why hno3 act as an oxidising agent while hno2 act as both oxidising agent and reducing agent??

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Answered by GauravKrishna

In other words, HNO3 can be reducedonly and hence acts as an oxidizing agent only. ... Thus oxidation state of nitrogen present in HNO2 can be increased or decreased and hence it can act as an oxidizing agent or as areducing agent.

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