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The gas least soluble in water is:

A
HCl
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N2
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NH3
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CO2
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Solution

The correct option is A N2
The reason of poor solubility of N2 in water is that they just occupy the intermolecular spaces and stays there by interaction with its surrounding molecules by weak van der Waals forces.So it is least soluble while other gases form hydrogen bonds with water.

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