Baljinder Kaur Solutions for Chapter: Nitric Acid, Exercise 1: Test Yourself

State what will you observe when lead nitrate crystals are heated in a dry test tube.

State what will you observe when ammonium hydroxide solution is added to copper sulphate solution first a little and then in excess.

Name the products formed when a mixture of carbon and concentrated nitric acid is heated.

Name the products formed when dilute nitric acid is added to copper.

Give equations to obtain nitric oxide from nitric acid.

Give equations to obtain nitrous oxide from sodium nitrate.

Correct the following, if required:

${\mathrm{HNO}}_3$ is a strong reducing agent.

Correct the following, if required:

${\mathrm{NaNO}}_3$ gives ${\mathrm{NO}}_2 \mathrm{and} {\mathrm{O}}_2$ on heating.