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Account for the yellow color that appears in concentrated nitric acid when it is left standing in an ordinary glass bottle?


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  1. The pure nitric acid is colorless in nature.
  2. The concentrate nitric acid undergoes decomposition (it is very unstable).
  3. On decomposition they form reddish brown nitrogen dioxide gas.
  4. When it dissolve in acid appears yellow in color.

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