Liquid M – conc. sulphuric (VI) acid/ H2SO4(l)
Liquid N – water /H2O
(b) H2S2O7(l) + H2O(l)---->2H2SO4(l)
maurice.mutuku answered the question on September 11, 2019 at 05:21
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