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Reaction of nitric acid with metals generally does not evolve hydrogen gas why

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Answered by deveshpant2018
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Nitric acid(HNO3) is a strong oxidising agent. The Hydrogen gas produced during its reaction with metal gets oxidised to H2O, hence no hydrogen gas is produced. Instead it evolves nitric oxides such as NO2,NO etc.
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