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Why is nitric acid added to sodium extract before adding silver nitrate for testing halogens?

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Correct option: B

To remove

\mathrm{NaCN}

and

\mathrm{Na}_2 \mathrm{~S}

Option B is correct because nitric acid is added to the sodium extract to decompose any cyanide or sulfide ions present, which would otherwise interfere with the silver nitrate test for halogens by forming precipitates.

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Keto-enol tautomerism is not observe in How many isomers of

{C_5}{H_{11}}OH

will be primary alcohols? Which statement is true? Common reactions of benzene and its derivatives are: How many structural formulae are possible for

{\mathrm{C}_5}{\mathrm{H}_{11}}\mathrm{Cl}?

Assertion (A): The compounds that have the same constitution and sequence of covalent bonds but differ in relative positions of their atoms or groups in space are called stereoisomers.

Reason (R): Stereoisomerism is a special type of isomerism which can be classified as geometrical and optical isomerism