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Question

An inorganic salt when heated with concentrated H2SO4 evolves a colourless pungent smelling gas but with concentrated H2SO4 and MnO2 evolves a coloured pungent smelling gas which bleaches moist litmus paper. The coloured gas is :

Options

A.NO2
B.Cl2
C.Br2
D.I2

Solution

Cl- + H2SO4 → HCl ­ ↑ (colourless)  + HSO4-
MnO(OH)2 + 2H2SO4 + 2Cl-  →  Mn2+ + Cl2 ↑ (yellowish green) + 2SO42- + 3H2O
Cl2 + H2O →  2HCl + [O]
Litmus + [O]  → colourless oxidised form
Cl2 is a yellowish green gas which bleaches litmus paper by oxidation.

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