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How to identify oxygen and carbon dioxide?


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Answer: Place a glowing splint in the test tube, and if it reignites, it could be oxygen. Place a burning splint into a test tube, and if it goes out, it could be carbon dioxide. Or, place carbon dioxide gas in limewater, and if it turns milky and gets chunks, it is carbon dioxide.

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Place a glowing splint in the test tube, and if it reignites, it could be oxygen. Place a burning splint into a test tube, and if it goes out, it could be carbon dioxide. Or, place carbon dioxide gas in limewater, and if it turns milky and gets chunks, it is carbon dioxide.

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