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how will you prepare HBr from NaBr

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12 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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11 Years ago
HBr can be synthesized by a variety of methods. It may be prepared in the laboratory by distillation of a solution of sodium or sodium bromide with phosphoric acid or diluted sulfuric acid:

2 NaBr + H2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2HBr
note that conc H2SO4 is mot to be used because it oxidises Br- to Br2