(a) (i) Explain, why only all glass apparatus should be used for the preparation of nitric acid by heating concentrated acid and potassium nitrate. (ii) Write a chemical equation to illustrate the acidic nature of nitric acid. (iii) Name the products formed when ammonium nitrate is heated.
Explain why
(a) Only all-glass apparatus should be used for the preparation of nitric acid by heating concentrated sulphuric acid and potassium nitrate.
(b) Nitric acid is kept in a reagent bottle for a long time.
Write the equation for the laboratory preparation of nitric acid from potassium nitrate and concentrated sulphuric acid.