It is prepared by adding ice cold dil, HCI
or dil, H2SO4
to a well cooled solution of any nitrite ( NaNO2, Ba(NO2 )2
etc.).
NaNO2 + HCI ——→ NaCI + HNO2
2KNO2 + H2SO4 ——→ K2SO4 + 2HNO2
It oxidizes H2S
to S,KI
to
I2 and acts as a reducing agent in presence of strong oxidizing agent, i.e., it reduces acidified
KMnO4 , K2Cr2O7, H2O2etc. to
and
H2O respectively.
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