Dissolving MnO2 with HNO3

[doubtmars]

I ask a lot of questions and you all are always very helpful

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[manfrommlwkee]

I don't think your equation is balanced. I think the typical reaction for doing this also involves oxalic acid as a reactant and liberates carbon dioxide as a product.

[doubtmars]

It isn't. (: This reaction was given to me by someone else, but it didn't make sense to me.

I read about the oxalic acid looking through the textbooks and online, but we didn't use that in the lab.

Thank you for responding.