Q. A certain compound X when treated with copper sulphate solution yields a brown precipitate. On adding hypo solution, the precipitate turns white. The compoundXis

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Solution:

When potassium iodide is reacted with CuS04, it gives iodine gas which is brown colour. This iodine react with sodium thiosulphate and form white precipitate of sodium tetrathionate.