How would you separate gold from a mixture of gold and copper filing?

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Gold is a noble metal and it will not react with nitric acid. However, copper will react with nitric acid to form copper nitrate. Thus, the process of treating the mixture with nitric acid can be used to separate the mixture of gold and copper filings.

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