Q. A white amorphous powder
A on heating yields a colorless, noncombustible gas
B and a solid
C. The latter compound assumes a yellow color on heating and changes to white on cooling.
C dissolves in dilute hydrochloric acid and the resulting solution gives a white precipitate with
K4Fe(CN)6 solution. Dissolves in dilute
HCl with the evolution of gas, which is identical in all respect with
B. The gas
B turns lime water milky, but the milkiness disappears with the continuous passage of gas. The solution of
A as obtained above gives a white precipitate
D on the addition of an excess of
NH4OH and passing
H2S. Another portion of the solution gives initially a white precipitate
E on the addition of
NaOH solution, which dissolves on further addition of the base.
Identify the compound B.