Name: (f) the experiment which demonstrates that hydrogen chloride is soluble in water.
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Fountain experiment demonstrates that hydrogen chloride is soluble in water.
In this experiment, the very first step is injecting water from the dropper into the flask. The hydrogen chloride gas present in the flask dissolves in presence of water creating a partial vacuum.
Thereby, the air pressure around the tube causes the water level to rise and squeezes the water into the flask in the form of a fountain which is observed to be red in colour.
Therefore, the change in colour of the blue litmus solution into the red colour fountain shows the acidic nature of hydrogen chloride gas that has dissolved in water making it acidic.