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Why hydroiodic acid cannot be prepared by reacting KI with concentrated `H_(2)SO_(4)`?

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Hydroiodic acid (HI) cannot be prepared by reacting KI with concentrated `H_(2)SO_(4)`, because the HI formed get oxidised to iodine.
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