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Question

Why does dry HCl gas not change the colour of the dry litmus paper?
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Solution

Dry HCl does not dissociate to give H+ ions. Acids dissociate to give ions only in the aqueous solution. In this, neither HCl is in the aqueous form nor the litmus paper is wet, so the colour of the litmus paper does not change.

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