How will you prepare the following from nitric acid:
(a) Sodium nitrate: Sodium hydroxide reacts with nitric acid to form sodium nitrate.
(b) Copper nitrate: Copper oxide reacts with nitric acid to form copper nitrate.
(c) Lead nitrate: Lead reacts with concentrated nitric acid to form lead nitrate.
(d) Magnesium nitrate: Magnesium with dilute nitric acid to form magnesium nitrate.
(e) Ferric nitrate: Iron reacts with concentrated nitric acid to form ferric nitrate.
(f) Aqua regia: Nitric acid reacts with hydrochloric acid to form a mixture called aqua regia