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Question

White phosphorus may be removed from red phosphorus by :

A

Sublimation

B

Distillation

C

Heating

D

Heating with an alkali solution

Answer

Heating with an alkali solution

Explanation

Solution

N2O3 + H2O $\longrightarrow$ HNO2 ; 2KMnO4 + 5 KNO2 + 6HCl $\longrightarrow$ 2MnCl2 + 5KNO3 + 3H2O + 2KCl

2KI + 2HNO2 + 2HCl $\longrightarrow$ 2H2O + 2NO + 3KCl + I2