Chemistry
(a) (i) Name the experiment illustrated below.
(ii) State the colour of the water that has entered the round-bottomed flask.

(b) What property of hydrogen chloride is demonstrated when it is collected by downward delivery (upward displacement)?
Hydrogen Chloride
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(a) (i) Fountain Experiment (ii) Red
(b) Collection of Hydrogen chloride gas by downward delivery indicates that Hydrogen chloride gas is heavier than air. (Hydrogen chloride gas is about one and a quarter times heavier than air.)
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