Write balanced equation and name the product formed when concentrated nitric acid is heated.

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When concentrated nitric acid is heated it produces water with nitrogen dioxide and oxygen.
$\underset{nitric acid}{\underset{}{4 {HNO}_{3} (l)}} \to \underset{water}{\underset{}{2 H_{2} O (l)}} + \underset{nitrogen dioxide}{\underset{}{4 {NO}_{2} (g)}} + \underset{oxygen gas}{\underset{}{O_{2} (g)}}$

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Write balanced equation and name the product formed when concentrated nitric acid is heated.

When concentrated nitric acid is heated it produces water with nitrogen dioxide and oxygen.4HNO3(l)nitricacid→2H2O(l)water+4NO2(g)nitrogendioxide+O2(g)oxygengas