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Q.A gas when passed through K2Cr2O7K_2Cr_2O_7 and dil. H2SO4H_2SO_4 solution turns it green, the gas is ______.

(a) CO2CO_2
(b) NH3NH_3
(c) SO2SO_2
(d) Cl2Cl_2
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SO2SO_2 is a reducing agent that reduces orange dichromate to green Cr3+Cr^{3+}.

Sulphur dioxide is a good reducing agent. When passed into an acidified (dil. H2SO4H_2SO_4) solution of potassium dichromate, it reduces the orange Cr2O72−Cr_2O_7^{2-} ion to green Cr3+Cr^{3+}, while itself being oxidised to sulphate:

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