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Question
Study the figure given below and answer that questions that follow:
(i) Identify the gas Y.
(ii) What property of gas Y does this experiment demonstrate?
(iii) Name another gas which has the same property and can be demonstrated through this experiment.
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Solution
(i) The gas is HCl (hydrogen chloride) gas.
(ii) Extreme solubility of hydrogen chloride gas is demonstrated by the fountain experiment.
(iii) Ammonia gas is another gas which has the same property which can be demonstrated through this experiment.
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