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Q.Solubility of carbon dioxide gas in cold water can be increased by

(a) increase in pressure
(b) decrease in pressure
(c) increase in volume
(d) none of these
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Step 1. Dissolved CO2CO_2 is in equilibrium with gaseous CO2CO_2: CO2(g)⇌CO2(solution)CO_2(g)\rightleftharpoons CO_2(\text{solution}).

Step 2. Raising the pressure of CO2CO_2 gas above the liquid disturbs this equilibrium by increasing the concentration (active mass) of the gas-phase species. …

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