Two reagents that can be used to prepare chlorine gas are manganese (IV) oxide and concentrated hydrochloric acid

      

Two reagents that can be used to prepare chlorine gas are manganese (IV) oxide and concentrated hydrochloric acid
i) Write an equation for the reaction
ii) Give the formula of another reagent that can be reacted with concentrated hydrochloric acid to produce chlorine gas
iii) Describe how the chlorine gas could be dried in the laboratory

  

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John
i) Mno2 + 4HCl(aq) $\rightarrow$ MnCl(aq) + Cl2(g) + 2H2O(g)

ii) KMnO4(aq) or PbO2(aq)

iii) -Passing it through a U-tube containing anhydrous calcium chloride (CaCl)
- Passing Chloride gas through concentrated sulphuric (VI) acid in a flask.
johnmulu answered the question on February 10, 2017 at 13:01


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