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Hydrogen chloride gas is dried using:
- aquicklime
- bconcentrated sulphuric acid
- cphosphorus pentoxide
- danhydrous calcium chloride
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
concentrated sulphuric acid
No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.
Explanation
Quicklime is basic and would react with the acidic gas, and phosphorus pentoxide also reacts with it.
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