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2 mL each of concentrated HCl, HNO3 and a mixture of concentrated HCl and concentrated HNO3 in the ratio of 3: 1 were taken in test tubes labelled as A, B and C. A small piece of metal was put in each test tube. No change occurred in test tubes A and B but the metal got dissolved in test tube C respectively. The metal could be (a) Al (b) Au (c) Cu(d) Pt

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The answer is (b) Au

  • Answer is gold because solution C is mixture of Concentrated HCl and Concentrated HNO3 which is called aqua rezia. 
  • Aqua Rezia dissolves gold.


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