Question

Nitric acid is kept in reagent bottle for a long time

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Nitric acid is kept in a reagent bottle for a long time. Only all-glass apparatus is used because nitric acid vapours are highly corrosive. They can corrode cork and rubber stoppers. In the presence of sunlight, pure nitric acid decomposes even at room temperature. To avoid decomposition, nitric acid is kept in colourless bottles