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Give a chemical test to distinguish between the following gases:

Carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide

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Carbon dioxide has no effect on acidified KMnO4 or K2Cr2O7.

Sulphur dioxide turns KMnO4 from pink to clear colourless and K2Cr2O7 from orange to clear green.

2KMnO4 + 2H2O + 5SO2 ⟶ K2SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 2H2SO4

K2Cr2O7 + H2SO4 + 3SO2 ⟶ K2SO4 + Cr2(SO4)3 + H2O

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