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Why do hydrogen gas not evolved when metals react with nitric acid

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Answered by smrutitekam1234
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Hydrogen gas is not evolved when a metal reacts with nitric acid. It is because HNO3 is a strong oxidising agent. It oxidises the H2 produced to water and itself gets reduced to any of the nitrogen oxides (N2O, NO, NO2).

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Answered by guptatanu286
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because nitric acid is a strong oxidising agent hence it convert hydrogen into water molecule

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