Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Diffusion

Diffusion — practice question

The diagram illustrates an experiment used to demonstrate diffusion. Which statement explains why the ammonium chloride ring is seen in the position shown?

  • AAmmonia solution only produces a gas which moves until it meets the hydrochloric acid.
  • BBoth solutions produce a gas, but ammonia moves quicker than hydrogen chloride because it is lighter.
  • CHydrochloric acid produces hydrogen chloride which stays at one end of the tube until the ammonia reaches it.
  • DThe two solutions run along the tube until they meet.

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