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Question
Give reason for the following:
In the contact process, sulphur dioxide is dissolved in 98% sulphuric acid and not in water.
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Solution
In contant process sulphur trioxide formed is dissolved in sulphuric acid and not water because sulphur trioxide when directly dissolved in water gives highly exothermic reaction.
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