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Why does dry HCl gas not change the colour of the dry litmus paper?

Why does dry HCl gas not change the colour of the dry litmus paper?

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Harshit Singh
askIITians Faculty 5963 Points
3 years ago
Dear Student

Dry HCl gas does not release H+ions and hence, the acidic property of gas is not imparted.
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KAPADIA DEV
100 Points
3 years ago

We know that the colour of litmus paper is changed by H + ions because of acid.

Dry HCL it does not dissociate to give H+ ions.

Acids dissociate to give ions only in the aqueous solution.

In this HCL is not in aqueous form nor litmus paper is wet, so the colour of litmus paper does not change.

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