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Question
State one appropriate observation of the following:
Copper sulphate is treated with dilute hydrochloric acid.
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Solution
A colourless gas having the smell of rotten eggs is given off. The gas evolved is H2S:
\[\ce{CuS + 2HCl -> CuCl2 + H2S}\]
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