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COMEDK · Chemistry · 22. p Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)

To dry ammonia gas the drying agent used is

  1. A con(c)\(\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{P}_{2} \mathrm{O}_{5}\)
  3. C soda lime
  4. D anhydrous \(\mathrm{CaCl}_{2}\)
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(C) soda lime

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\(\mathrm{NH}_{3}\) (ammonia) gas is dried by using sodalime, because \(\mathrm{NH}_{3}\) itself is basic in nature and only basic compound can be used to dry \(\mathrm{NH}_{3}\), while conc. \(\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}\), anhy. \(\mathrm{CaCl}_{2}\) and…