A salt which gives $\mathrm{CO}_{2}$ with hot conc. $\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4}$ and also decolourizes…
- $\mathrm{HCO}_{3}^{-}$
- $\mathrm{CO}_{3}^{2-}$
- Oxalate
- Acetate
Solution
$\text {CO burns with blue flame } 2 \mathrm{CO}+\mathrm{O}_2 ightarrow 2 \mathrm{CO}_2$
$\mathrm{Na}_2 \mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{O}_4+\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4(\mathrm{dil}) ightarrow \mathrm{Na}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4+\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{O}_4$
$2 \mathrm{KMnO}_4+3 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4+5 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{C}_2 \mathrm{O}_4 ightarrow \mathrm{K}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4+2 \mathrm{MnSO}_4+8 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}+10 \mathrm{CO}_2$ *
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