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Give a chemical test to distinguish between the following gases:
Ammonia and hydrogen chloride
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Ammonia turns Nessler's reagent from colourless to pale brown.
Hydrogen chloride shows no action with Nessler's reagent. It forms a curdy white ppt. on passage through AgNO3 solution.
AgNO3 [ag.] + HCl ⟶ AgCl ↓ [curdy white ppt.] + HNO3
The ppt. of AgCl is soluble in NH4OH but insoluble in dil. HNO3
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