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Concentrated nitric acid dissolves gold.
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Gold metal will not dissolve in either concentrated nitric acid or concentrated hydrochloric acid. It will dissolve, however, in aqua regia, a mixture of two concentrated acids. The products of the reaction are AuCl4 ion and gaseous NO.


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