Important Question: ICSE 2010 Class 10th (Nitric Acid)

Q.1. Identify the following substances : A dilute acid ‘B’ which does not normally give hydrogen
when reacted with metals but does give a gas when it reacts with copper.

Ans.:

B = dilute nitric acid.

Q.2. Copy and complete the following table relating to an important industrial process. Output
refers to the product of the process not the intermediate steps.

Name of Inputs Catalyst Equation for Output

process catalyzed
reaction
Ammonia + Nitric acid
air

Ans.:

Name of Inputs Catalyst Equation for Output

process catalyzed
reaction
Ostwald’s Ammonia + Platinum 4NH3 + 5O 2 Nitric acid
process air → 4NO +
6H 2O + 21.5
K cals.

Q.3. What is the property of nitric acid which allows it to react with copper.

Ans.:

Oxidizing nature of nitric acid.

Q.4. Write the equaton for the following reaction : – Dilute nitric acid and copper.

Ans.:

3Cu + 8HNO3 → 3Cu(NO3 )2 + 4H2 O + 2NO.

Q.5. Write a balanced equation for the reaction of nitrogen monoxide and oxygen.
Ans.:

NO + O 2 → 2NO 2 .

Q.6.

i. Write the equation for the preparation of nitric acid from potassium nitrate.
ii. What compounds are required for the laboratory preparation of nitric acid?
iii. Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete the sentence. Sodium nitrate reacts
with _______ [concentrated / dilute] sulphuric acid to produce nitric acid. Write equation
for the same.

Ans.:

i. <200ºC
KNO 3 + H2 SO 4 (conc.) → KHSO4 + HNO 3

ii.
a. Concentrated sulphuric acid and
b. Nitre or Chile salt petre.

iii. Concentrated.
NaNO 3 + H2 SO 4 (conc.) → NaHSO4 + HNO 3.