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Why does dry HCl gas does not produce any change in dry litmus paper?

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It is the hydrogen ions that are dissociated in the water of aqueous acid that change the colour of the paper. Gaseous HCL has no free hydrogen ions, so it will not change the color of Blue litmus.

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