Question

Give a balanced chemical equation. Oxidation of carbon with concentrated nitric acid.

Answer 1

1. Because concentrated nitric acid is an oxidising agent, it oxidises carbon to carbon dioxide.
   The balanced chemical reaction for the above reaction can be written as:
   $\mathrm{C}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)+4{\mathrm{HNO}}_3\left(l\right)\to {\mathrm{CO}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)+4{\mathrm{NO}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)+2{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\left(\mathrm{l}\right)$