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Lesson: Chapter 16 — Changes of Matter

16.3. Metals with acids and salts 6 of 6

Question 6

What is HCl called when it exists as a gas?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Hydrogen chloride. When that gas is dissolved in water it is called hydrochloric acid.

So the two names belong to two states of the same substance — the gas and its aqueous solution. Chlorine (Cl2) is an entirely different substance.

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