Chemistry, asked by Reman4801, 11 months ago

Nitric acid acts only as an oxidizing agent while nitrous acid acts both as an oxidizing agent and reducing agent. Explain.

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Answered by alfredoshajumercy

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Explanation:

Nitrous acid HNO2, the Oxidation state of Nitrogen is +3. So it can be oxidised to +5 Oxidation state or reduced to lesser Oxidation States. So only HNO3 acts only as an oxidising agent, but HNO2 acts as both an oxidising and reducing agents.

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