Q. In Carius method, halogen containing organic compound is heated with fuming nitric acid in the presence of :

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Solution:

Organic compound is heated with fuming nitric acid in the presence of silver nitrate in carius method.
Lunar caustic is used as reagent hare to distinguish and respectively as follows.
white
pale yellow
Dark yellow