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Dilute nitric acid is generally considered a typical acid but not so in its reaction with metals. Explain ?

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Because it does not liberate hydrogen with all metals except Mg and Mn. It is a powerful oxidising agent and the nascent oxygen formed oxidises the hydrogen to water.
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