Hydrogen chloride
NH3 (g) + HCl (g) ⟶ NH4Cl (s)
When a gas jar containing HCl gas in inverted over a jar full of ammonia gas, dense white fumes are formed. These fumes consists of particles of solid ammonium chloride suspended in air.
(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.
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Select from the gases — ammonia, ethane, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen sulphide, ethyne — The gas which produces dense white fumes with ammonia gas.
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