Question

Question 9 (b)

Pratyush took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over it as shown in figure below:

Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.

Answer 1

Sulphur reacts with oxygen to form sulphur dioxide gas. The reaction occurs as follows:

$\text{S (s)}+{\text{O}}_2\text{(g)}\to {\text{SO}}_2\text{(g)}$