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Hydrogen chloride gas being highly soluble in water is dried by :
- Anhydrous calcium chloride
- Phosphorous pentaoxide
- Quick lime
- Conc. sulphuric acid.
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Concentrated sulphuric acid.
Reason — Drying agent used for drying should only remove the moisture and not react with it, hence, conc. sulphuric acid is used as the drying agent.
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