Chemistry
You enter a laboratory after a class has completed the Fountain Experiment. How will you be able to tell whether the gas used in the experiment was hydrogen chloride or ammonia.
Answer
If dry ammonia gas is present in the round bottom flask, the red litmus soln. kept in the trough below emerges out as a blue fountain since ammonia gas is basic in nature. On the other hand, if dry HCl was used in the flask instead of ammonia, the blue litmus soln. kept in the trough below, emerges out as a red fountain since HCl is acidic in nature.
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