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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

(1) strong affinity of HCI gas for moisture In air results in forming of droplets of liquid solution which appears like a cloudy smoke.

B

(2) strong affinity for water, conc. HCI pulls moisture of air towards self. The moisture forms droplets of water and hence the cloud.

C

(3) conc. HCI emits strongly smelling HCI gas all the time.

D

(4) oxygen in air reacts with emitted HCI gas to form a cloud of chlorine gas.

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D
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