Thursday, April 4, 2013

Pratyush took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over it


Question 9. Pratyush took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over it, as shown in figure below.
(a) What will be the action of gas on
(i) dry litmus paper?
(ii) moist litmus paper?
(b) Write a balanced chemical
equation for the reaction taking place.
Answer: (a)
(i)No Change in colour of litmus paper.
(ii) The colour of litmus paper will turn red because sulphur is a non-metal and the oxides of non-metal are acidic in nature.
(b)

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