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. Usually when Zn reacts with acid, it acts as a reducing agent which gets oxidised to a salt and the acid is the oxidising agent which gets reduced to hydrogen gas.
Zn gives H_2 gas with H_2 SO_4 and HCl but not with HNO_3 because:
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Zn gives H2 gas with H2SO4 and HCl but not with HNO3 because:
Held on 30 Apr 2002 · Verified 9 Jul 2026.
Options
- A
Zn acts as an oxidizing agent when reacts with HNO3
- B
HNO3 is weaker acid than H2SO4 and HCl
- C
in electrochemical series Zn is above hydrogen
- D
NO3−is reduced in preference to hydronium ion
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