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- Test for Hydrogen Chloride Gas
Hydrogen chloride gas is colourless but it fumes in moist air. Hydrogen chloride gas turns moist litmus paper from blue to red and moist universal indicator paper to red – it is acidic. Hydrogen chloride gas is highly soluble in water. It dissolves to form hydrochloric acid with pH = 1. It does not support combustion hence, it will put out a lit splint.
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