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Concentrated nitric acid appears yellow when it is left standing in a glass bottle. Explain ?

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Because when nitric acid is left standing in a glass bottle, it decomposes to give reddish brown `NO_(2)` gas which dissolves in undecomposed nitric acid to give a yellow colour.
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