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The difference between the smell of H2S gas and H2 gas is


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a

H2S gas has rotten smell

b

H2 gas has no smell

c

Both 1 & 2

d

None of the above 

answer is C.

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The difference between the smell of H2S gas and H2 gas is H2S gas has rotten smell and H2 gas has no smell.
Hydrogen gas and H2S both are colourless gas. But they can be distinguished by their smell. Hydrogen gas is odourless but H2S has a rotten egg smell. In household cylinders, H2S is used as mercaptans to detect the leakage of the cylinder easily. H2S gas is a colourless gas which has a rotten egg smell produced by bacteria. H2S the gas is kept with a charcoal mixture to understand the flow of the gas.
 
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