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Question
Dilute hydrochloric acid and dilute sulphuric acid are both colourless solutions. How will the addition of barium chloride solution to each help to distinguish between the two?
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Solution
When barium chloride is added to dilute sulphuric acid, white precipitate of barium sulphate is formed but with dilute hydrochloric acid no change is observed.
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