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How will the action of dilute hydrochloric acid on sodium carbonate and sodium sulphite enable you to distinguish between these two compounds? 
Asked by Topperlearning User | 17 Dec, 2015, 03:09: PM
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When hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium carbonate it produces sodium chloride and carbon dioxide with brisk effervescence.

Na2CO3 +2HCl →2NaCl + H2O + CO2

But when hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium sulphite, it forms sodium chloride and sulphur dioxide which gives smell of burning sulphur.

Na2SO3 + 2HCl → 2NaCl + H2O + SO2

Answered by | 17 Dec, 2015, 05:09: PM

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