GCSE Combined Science revision · Chemistry: organic, analysis, atmosphere and resources

Tests for gases

The idea

Hydrogen burns with a squeaky pop when a lighted splint is held at the mouth of the tube. Oxygen relights a glowing splint. Carbon dioxide turns limewater milky (cloudy). Chlorine bleaches damp litmus paper white.

  1. Name the gas.
  2. State the test.
  3. State the positive result.

Watch out Oxygen relights a glowing splint; hydrogen gives a squeaky pop with a lighted splint.

See it worked

Worked example

A gas turns limewater milky. Name the gas and a reaction that could have produced it.

  1. Carbon dioxide turns limewater milky.
  2. It could come from an acid reacting with a carbonate.

Answer Carbon dioxide, for example from an acid and a carbonate

Your turn

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Which gas relights a glowing splint?

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Which gas bleaches damp litmus paper?

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What is the test for hydrogen?

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