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Concentrated hydrochloric acid when kept in open air sometimes produces a cloud of white fumes. The explanation for it is that :

A

Concentrated hydrochloric acid emits strongly smelling HCl gas all the time

B

Oxygen in air reacts with the emitted HCl gas to form a cloud of chlorine gas

C

Strong affinity of HCl gas for moisture in air results in forming of droplets of liquid solution which appears like a cloudy smoke

D

Due to strong affinity for water,a concentrated hydrochloric acid pulls moisture of air towards itself. This moisture forms droplets of water and hence the cloudy

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B
HCl is a gas .
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