When sulphur trioxide gas is dissolved in H2SO4, the product obtained is
H2SO3
H2SO5
H2S2O7
H2S2O8
H2SO4+SO3→H2S2O7 (Oleum)
Name the following: (a) Products obtained by dissolving sulphur dioxide and chlorine in water. (b) The catalyst used in the contact process. (c) Solution obtained by dissolving sulphur trioxide in 98% sulphuric acid. (d) Products obtained by treating zinc with dilute sulphuric acid. (e) Products obtained by treating ferrous sulphide with dilute sulphuric acid. (f) The precipitate obtained by treating aqueous lead nitrate with dilute sulphuric acid. (g) The precipitate obtained by treating aqueous barium chloride with dilute sulphuric acid. (h) Gases obtained by treating carbon with hot concentrated sulphuric acid. (i) The property used to prepare HCl and HNO3 from H2SO4.
Sulphur trioxide is dissolved in sulphuric acid and not in water because :
Sulphur trioxide gas is an important precursor to manufacture sulphuric acid. It is produced by the catalytic oxidation of SO2 gas. In the contact process, once we obtain SO3(g), Sulphuric acid is obtained by the hydrolysis of SO3(g).