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Question
Give reason for the following:
Oxygen gas does not affect moist blue litmus paper, but carbon dioxide turns it slightly pink.
Solution
Oxygen is neutral in nature, So, it does not affect blue litmus paper. Whereas Carbon dioxide is slightly acidic in nature, So, it changes blue litmus to slightly pink.
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