Ammonium salts on heating with slaked lime liberate a colourless gas (X). Identify the incorrect statement for gas (X).
Ammonium salts on heating with slaked lime liberate a colourless gas (X). Identify the incorrect statement for gas (X).
Option 1 -
(X) turns red litmus blue and produces dense white fumes in contact with dilute HCl.
Option 2 -
(X) turns filter paper moistened with mercurous nitrate black and gives intense blue coloured solution with CuSO₄ (aq)
Option 3 -
(X) when passed through Nessler's reagent produces a brown colour precipitate
Option 4 -
(X) does not give clear solution with Ag₂O
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1 Answer
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Correct Option - 4
Detailed Solution:X is NH?
With mercurous nitrate it forms Hg + HgNH? Cl
Black
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