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OpenStudy (anonymous):

When I mix aqueous potassium sulfite with nitric acid, will a reaction occur? If so, what will be formed? It has to be a gas, liquid (water), or a solid (a precipitate), I'm pretty sure. Does sulfurous acid count?

OpenStudy (aaronq):

the sulfite ion will act as a base and accept protons, but it will decompose into \(SO_2\) and water

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