Nitric acid stains the skin yellow.

True

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False

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Nitric acid has a corrosive action on the skin and causes painful blisters. It stains the skin yellow as it reacts with the protein (keratin) present in the skin and forms xanthoproteic acid.

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Statement: Concentrated nitric acid, upon long-standing, turns yellow-brown due to the formation of $N O_{2}$ .

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