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How will you distinguish between the following:

(i) Carbon dioxide gas and sulphur dioxide gas.

(ii) Hydrogen gas and hydrogen chloride gas?

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(i) Carbon dioxide gas has no effect on acidified potassium permanganate (KMnO4) and acidified potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) solution whereas sulphur dioxide gas turns acidified potassium permanganate from pink to clear colourless and acidified potassium dichromate from orange to clear green.

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

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

(ii) Hydrogen gas burns with a 'pop' sound in air whereas hydrogen chloride forms a curdy white ppt. on passage through AgNO3 solution. The precipitate dissolves in excess of NH4OH.

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