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Question
Study the figure given below and answer the questions which follow:
- Identify the gas Y.
- What property of gas Y does this experiment demonstrate?
- Name another gas which has the same property and can be demonstrated through this experiment.
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Solution
- The gas Y is HCl (hydrogen chloride).
- The fountain experiment demonstrates the extreme solubility of hydrogen chloride gas.
- Ammonia gas is another gas that has the same property and can be demonstrated through this experiment.
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Gas obtained by treating metals with hydrochloric acid.
How is the gas collected and why?
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HCI gas is heavier than air.
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Hydrogen chloride gas is very soluble in water. It is dissolved in water to prepare hydrochloric acid by using an anti-suction device, as shown in the diagram. Very briefly explain, how this device prevents the suction of water into the flask, in which hydrogen chloride gas is produced.
(a) Name the experiment illustrate above.
(b) Which property of hydrogen chloride is demonstrated by this experiment?
(c) State the colour of the water that has entered the round-bottomed flask.
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.
The following question is pertaining to the laboratory preparation of hydrogen chloride gas.
Write the equation for its preparation, mentioning the condition required.
What property of hydrogen chloride is demonstrated when it is collected by downward delivery (Upward displacement)?
Identify the terms for the following:
A method used to collect HCl gas.
