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Commercial nitric acid is yellow in colour. Give reason. 

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Commercial `HNO_3` due to impurity of dissolved `NO_2` in it, appears yellow on colour. `NO_2` is produced by photochemical decomposition of `HNO_3`.
`4HNO_3 overset (hv)rarr 4NO_2 + 2H_2O + O_2`.
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