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Sodium extract is heated with concentrated HNO_(3) before testing for halogens because :

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Ag reacts faster with halides in ACIDIC medium.
Silver halides are totally INSOLUBLE in nitric acid.
`Ag_(2)S` and AgCN are SOLUBLE in acidic medium.
`S(2-) " and" CN^(-)`, if PRESENT, are decomposed by conc. `HNO_(3)` and hence do not interfere in the test.

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