Why is sulphuric acid used as a drying agent instead of Calcium chloride in the preparation of HCl ? Can Calcium chloride be used as a drying agent?
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Concentrated Sulphuric Acid is used as a drying and Dehydrating agent because it has a strong affinity for water and thus it absorbs water quickly.
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Drying agents like sulphuric acid and hydrochloric acid cannot be used to dry ammonia as they react with it very quickly due to the basic nature of ammonia. ... Calcium chloride is highly hygroscopic in nature and absorbs almost 98% of water but it reacts exothermically with ammonia to form calcium chloride complexes
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