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OpenStudy (hhopke):

"The higher the pH of the dilute nitric acid the longer it took for the gas syringe to fill with gas." Why?

OpenStudy (matt101):

The higher the pH, the more basic (or less acidic) the solution is. I'm guessing the reaction you're talking about involves H+ ions as a reactant (e.g. which ultimately form H2 gas), so the less of them you have around, the longer the reaction will take.

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