During the preparation of hydrogen chloride gas on a humid day, the gas is usually passed through the guard tube containing calcium chloride. The role of calcium chloride taken in the guard tube is to :

absorb the evolved gas

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moisten the gas

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absorb moisture from the gas

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absorb Cl

^{-}

ions from the evolved gas

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Solution

The correct option is B absorb moisture from the gas
On a humid day,
$H_{2} + {C l}_{2} {C a C l}_{2} - -- \to 2 H C l$
Calcium chloride is used as an absorbent in the guard tube while hydrogen chloride is being formed on a humid day as it can absorb the moisture present in the air. $H C l$ corrosively reacts with water leading to the formation of hydrochloric acid as it is strongly acidic in nature. It gives out white fumes on reacting with moisture.

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