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📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 4#️⃣ Question 20🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how aqua regia dissolves gold?

W) Hydrochloric acid oxidizes gold and nitric acid stabilizes it by complexing the gold (I) cation
X) Hydrochloric acid oxidizes gold and nitric acid stabilizes it by complexing the gold (III) cation
Y) Nitric acid oxidizes it and hydrochloric acid stabilizes it by complexing to the gold (I) cation
Z) Nitric acid oxidizes it and hydrochloric acid stabilizes it by complexing to the gold (III) cation
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