Question

why is hydrogen gas not evolved when a metal reacts with nitric acid?​

Answer 1

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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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Answer 2

Explanation:

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Hydrogen gas is not evolved when a metel reacts with nitric acid because HNO3 is a oxidising agent. It oxidises the H2 to produce water and reduced to nitrogen oxides.

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