The brown ring test for nitrates depends on the reduction of nitrate to nitric oxide.
NO3−+3Fe2++4H+→3Fe3++NO+2H2O
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(a) Explain with the help of a balanced equation, the brown ring test for nitric acid.
(b) Why is freshly pepared ferrous sulphate solution used for testing the nitrate radical in the brown ring test ?
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