The set-up below was used to prepare hydrogen chloride gas and react it with iron powder.Study it and answer the questions that follow.

      

The set-up below was used to prepare hydrogen chloride gas and react it with iron powder.Study it and answer the questions that follow.
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At the end of the reaction, the iron powder turned into a light green solid
a) Identify the light green solid
b) At the beginning of the experiment, the pH of the solution in container L was about 14. At the end, the pH was found to be 2. Explain.

  

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John
a) Iron (II) chloride

b) The solution was basic hence pH of 14.0. Excess hydrogen chloride (HCl) neutralized all the alkali and then the solution became acidic due to excess HCl which is acidic
johnmulu answered the question on April 20, 2017 at 13:50


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