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Answer the following question related to the laboratory preparation of the hydrogen chloride gas:
Why is sodium chloride preferred to other metallic chlorides?
Solution
Sodium chloride also known as common salt is cheap and easily available. Therefore, it is used over other metallic chlorides in the preparation of hydrogen chloride.
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| 1 | HCl gas | NaCl + H2SO4 |  |
conc. H2SO4 |  |
| 2 | NH3 gas |
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Mg(OH)2 NH3 |
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