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Question
How will you prepare the following from nitric acid?
Magnesium nitrate
Solution
Magnesium nitrate can be obtained by the action of dil. \[\ce{HNO3}\] on Magnesium.
\[\ce{Mg + 2HNO3 -> \underset{(Magnesium nitrate)}{Mg(NO3)2} + H2}\]
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