State the observation and inference made by a student when he brings (i) a wet blue litmus paper and (ii) a wet red litmus paper in contact with the gas liberated during thermal decomposition of ferrous sulphate.
(a) Blue litmus turns red
(b) No change in red litmus
Gas liberated are and
. These are acidic oxides of sulphur, so, it turns blue litmus red ans no change in red litmus.