Sameer took suphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over it. What will be the action of gas on moist litmus paper?

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Solution

Sulphur burns in air to form sulphur dioxide as:
$S + O_{2} \to S O_{2}$
Sulphur dioxide when it comes in contact with moist blue litmus reacts with water to form sulphurous acid which turns blue litmus paper red.
$S O_{2} + H_{2} O \to H_{2} S O_{3}$

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

What will be the action of gas on:

(i) dry litmus paper?

(ii) moist litmus paper?

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.

(a) What will be the action of gas on

(i) dry litmus paper?

(ii) moist litmus paper?

(b) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.

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

a) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.
b) What will be the action of the gas on moist blue litmus paper?

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Sameer took suphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a test tube over it. What will be the action of gas on moist litmus paper?

Sulphur burns in air to form sulphur dioxide as:S+O2→SO2Sulphur dioxide when it comes in contact with moist blue litmus reacts with water to form sulphurous acid which turns blue litmus paper red.SO2+H2O→H2SO3

Sulphur burns in air to form sulphur dioxide as:
$S + O_{2} \to S O_{2}$
Sulphur dioxide when it comes in contact with moist blue litmus reacts with water to form sulphurous acid which turns blue litmus paper red.
$S O_{2} + H_{2} O \to H_{2} S O_{3}$