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Copper metal reacts with concentrated nitric acid or nitric acid >5 molar (nitrate ions under strongly acidic conditions) to give copper(II) ion and brown fumes of NO2.

(Note, a slightly different reaction occurs with dilute nitric acid.)
Cu
  +  
2
[NO3]–
  +  
4
H+
         
Cu2+
  +  
2
NO2
  +  
2
H2O
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Redox

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