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Nitric acid is highly corrosive and a strong oxidising agent. To avoid accidents caused by possible breakage of glass containers during transportations, what other unbreakable containers can be used

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Nitric acid use can be safety transported in aluminium containers. The reasons being that Al becomes passive due to the formation of oxide layer on its surface. This oxide layer being impervious does not allow the acid to come in contact with the acid to come in contact with the metal . As a result, further action stops.
`2Al + 6 HNO_(3) ("conc.") rarr Al_(2)O_(3) + 6NO_(2) + 3H_(2)O`
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