How is zinc metal oxidized, and nitrate ion reduced to give ammonium ion in aqueous by the action of nitric acid on zinc?
1 Answer
Jun 14, 2016
In every chemical reaction mass is conserved. Here zinc metal is oxidized, and nitrogen is reduced.
Explanation:
Check. ARE both equations balanced wth respect to mass and charge? Don't trust my arithmetic.
So
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I had the idea that cold, dilute nitric acid oxidizes zinc metal with nitrogen oxide produced, but I follow the parameters of the question.