Why does nitric acid react with only two metals to produce hydrogen gas?
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Metals do react with nitric acid. However, hydrogen gas is not evolved when a metal reacts with nitric acid. This is because nitric acid 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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If it was very diluted and very cold then it only react with magnesium and magnese only
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