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Question
Give a chemical test to distinguish between the following gases:
Hydrogen and oxygen
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Solution
Hydrogen: Bums with a pale-blue flame when a burning splint is brought near it.
Oxygen: The gas turns an alkaline solution of pyrogallol dark brown.
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