when a brown compouund of manganese (A) treated with hcl, a gas (B) is evolved. this taken on excess with nh3 gives an explosive compund (C).identify A, B, C.
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Compound A is MnO2. The reaction of MnO2 with HCl is:
MnO2 + HCl ----> MnCl2 + H2O + Cl2
Cl2 is gas B. When Cl2 is reacted with NH3:
Cl2 + NH3 ---> NCl3 + H2
NCl3 is compound C, which is an explosive.