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why nitric acid affects the skin if accidently falls on it, staining the skin yellow

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Proteins and amino acids that contain phenyl rings will form a yellow colored compound when concentrated nitric acid is used. The yellow stains on skin caused by nitric acid upon reaction with proteins on the skin are the result of the xanthoprotein reaction.

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