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Question
Dilute hydrochloric acid and dilute sulphuric acid are both colourless solutions. How will the addition of barium chloride solution to each help to distinguish between the two?
Solution
When barium chloride is added to dilute sulphuric acid, white precipitate of barium sulphate is formed but with dilute hydrochloric acid no change is observed.
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