Question 50

Crystalline iron(III) nitrate nonahydrate, $$\text{Fe(NO}_3)_3 \cdot 9\text{H}_2\text{O}$$, has a very pale violet colour. When added to water, the crystals dissolve to form a brown solution. Treatment of this brown solution with concentrated nitric acid yields a very pale violet solution while treatment with HCl yields a yellow solution. Identify the correct statements regarding the above observations.

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