Pratyush took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over the burning sulphur.What will be the action of this gas on:
Dry litmus paper?
Moist litmus paper?
Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.
(a) When sulphur is brunt in the air then sulphur dioxide gas is formed.
(i) Sulphur dioxide gas has no action on dry litmus paper.
(ii) Sulphur dioxide gas turns moist blue litmus paper to red.
(b) S(s) + O2(g) —> SO2(g)
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