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Acid Test: Utilizing a silver testing kit, which includes nitric acid, can determine purity. By scratching the item on a testing stone and applying acid, the resulting color change indicates the ...

Explain why, in a test for halide ions, the sample is acidified with dilute nitric acid first. Carbonate ions also produce a white precipitate with silver nitrate solution. The acid reacts with ...