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Metals do not evolve hydrogen gas with nitric acid. This is because nitric acid is a very strong oxidizing agent. It oxidizes the H2 gas evolved to H2O and itself gets reduced to any of the nitrogen oxides.
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Metals do not evolve hydrogen gas with nitric acid. This is because nitric acid is a very strong oxidizing agent. It oxidizes the H2 gas evolved to H2O and itself gets reduced to any of the nitrogen oxides.
Regards