A piece of burning sulphur was lowered into a gas jar filled with oxygen and containing aqueous litmus solution as shown.

A piece of burning sulphur was lowered into a gas jar filled with oxygen and containing aqueous litmus solution as shown.

(a)State two observations made during the experiment.
(b)Write an equation for the burning xof sulphur in air.

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(a)-Litmus solution changed to red
-sulphur continues to burn in a blue flame
(b)$S_(s) + O_{2(g)} \rightarrow SO_{2(g)}$

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isaacmuthini answered the question on November 28, 2017 at 07:30

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