The apparatus used in the laboratory preparation of Nitric acid is made of :
Hence, the correct option is A.
Explain why
(a) Only all-glass apparatus should be used for the preparation of nitric acid by heating concentrated sulphuric acid and potassium nitrate.
(b) Nitric acid is kept in a reagent bottle for a long time.
The figure given below illustrates the apparatus used in the laboratory preparation of nitric acid.
(a) Name A (a liquid), B (a solid) and C (a liquid). (Do not give the formulae).
(b) Write an equation to show how nitric acid undergoes decomposition.
(c) Write the equation for the reaction in which copper is oxidized by concentrated nitric acid.