Analytical Chemistry Question 162
Question: A colourless gas with the smell of rotten fish is
[AFMC 2005]
Options:
A) $ H_2S $
B) $ PH_3 $
C) $ SO_2 $
D) None of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
$ H_2S\to $ colourless gas with unpleasant odour of rotten eggs. $ SO_2\to $ colourless gas with a pungent suffocating odour $ PH_3\to $ colourless gas with unpleasant garlic like odour or rotten fish odour.