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Question
Give reason for the following:
When carbon is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid, carbon dioxide is formed.
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Solution
Hot concentrated sulphuric acid act as a powerful oxidizing agent. Due to heat it decomposes to form nascent oxygen which helps in oxidation of carbon to carbon dioxide.
\[\ce{H2SO4 -> H2O + SO2 + [O]}\]
\[\ce{C + 2[O] -> CO2}\]
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