Fuming nitric acid is _________.

nitric acid dissolved in nitrogen dioxide

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nitric acid dissolved in nitrous oxide

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nitric acid dissolved in nitrogen oxide

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nitric acid dissolved in sulphur dioxide

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The correct option is C nitric acid dissolved in nitrogen dioxide
White fuming nitric acid is nitric acid dissolved in nitogen dioxide. Nitric acid spontaneously produces nitrogen dioxide above zero degree celsius. If it is inhaled even in low dose it can prove fatal causing poisoning of lungs.

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