When nitrate salt is treated with dil HCl and freshly prepared solution of FeSO4 and some conc. H2SO4 is added by the sides of test tube, a brown ring of ferrous nitrososulphate is formed. It is called ring test of NO3−ion.6FeSO4+2HNO3+3H2SO4→3Fe2(SO4)3+2NO+4H2O[Fe(H2O)6]SO4+NO→[Fe(H2O)5NO2]SO4.+H2O or [Fe(H2O)5NO]2+