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Iodine is heated with concentrated nitric acid: . The number of moles of evolved per mole of oxidised is

  1. A10
  2. B5
  3. C4
  4. D2

Answer: A

Each I goes from 0 to , so loses 10 electrons. Each reduced to gains 1 electron, so 10 mol form: .
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