The diagram below is used in preparation of a gas in the laboratory. Answer the questions that follow;

      

The diagram below is used in preparation of a gas in the laboratory. Answer the questions that follow;

(a) Name gas X
(b) State one physical property which makes it possible for the gas to be collected as shown
(c) State one commercial use of gas X

  

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a) X is Nitrogen.

b) It is less dense than air.

c) In preservation of semen in artificial insemination.

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maurice.mutuku answered the question on October 22, 2019 at 08:15

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