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Question
State whether the following statement is True or False.
On heating with concentrated HCl, PbO2 gets oxidised.
True or False
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Solution
This statement is false.
Explanation:
In this reaction, Lead dioxide (PbO2) acts as the oxidizing agent and gets reduced (from +4 to +2 oxidation state in PbCl2), while HCl is the one that gets oxidized to Cl2.
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Chapter 8: Study of Compounds: Hydrogen Chloride - Intext Question [Page 170]
