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A freshly prepared saturated solution of a potassium salt produces a yellow precipitate with a highly concentrated solution of cobalt (II) chlorine when acetic acid is added to it.

The potassium salt may be :

A
KNO2
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K2SO3
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KNO3
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KBr
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Solution

The correct option is A KNO2
Cobalt precipitates in sulphide form. When cobalt sulphide is treated with aqua regia and then with strong solution of potassium nitrite in the presence of acetic acid, a yellow precipitate of potassium hexanitritocobaltate (III) (K3[Co(NO2)6]) complex is formed.
The reactions are as follows:
CoS+HNO3+3HClCoCl2+NOCl+S+2H2O
CoCl2+7KNO2+2CH3COOHK3[Co(NO2)6](yellow ppt.)
+NO+H2O+2KCl+2CH3COOK

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