It is because in that time science was not established. This is, the experimentation to test hypotheses, which is a fundamental part of the scientific method, was not applied.

Atoms can not be seen, then they could only reflect or philosophize on this matter. This method is not able to give good answers to so complicated scientific matters.

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nswer the following questions relating to HCl, CH3Cl, and CH3Br.HCl(g), can be prepared by the reaction of concentrated H2SO4(ag

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Answer:

It is an example of double displacement reaction.

4.8 g of NaCl is needed to react.

Explanation:

Balanced reaction: $H_{2}SO_{4}(aq.)+2NaCl(s)\rightarrow 2HCl(g)+Na_{2}SO_{4}(aq.)$

Here, oxidation states of H, S, O, Na and Cl do not change during reaction. Hence it is not a redox reaction.

In this reaction, cations and anions of the reactants interchange their partners during reaction. Hence, it is an example of double displacement reaction.

As $H_{2}SO_{4}(aq.)$ remain in excess amount therefore NaCl (s) is the limiting reagent. Hence production of HCl entirely depends on amount of NaCl used.