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Q. Carbon monoxide forms volatile compound with

COMEDKCOMEDK 2015General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements

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Nickel on heating in a stream of carbon monoxide forms a volatile complex, nickel tetracarbonyl. $Ni + 4CO \xrightarrow{330 - 350\, K} [Ni(CO)_4]$