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Aluminium containers are used to store and transport nitric acid(HNO3) but not NAOH why?

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Answer:

(<em>i) Concentrated HNO3 can be stored and transported in aluminium containers as it reacts with aluminium to form a thin protective oxide layer on the aluminium surface. This oxide layer renders aluminium passive. (ii) Sodium hydroxide and aluminium react to form sodium tetrahydroxoaluminate(III) and hydrogen gas.</em>

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What shape would a molecule of carbon tetrachloride have?

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