Non-metals and the selected gases

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1. Non-metals and the selected gases
2. Sources of the selected gases
3. Sources of oxygen
4. Sources of hydrogen
5. Sources of nitrogen
6. Methods of gas collection
7. Choosing a collection method
8. Drying a gas
9. Testing for the three gases
10. Laboratory preparation of oxygen
11. Oxygen from chlorates and manganates
12. Laboratory preparation of hydrogen
13. Hydrogen from steam and reactive metals
14. Laboratory preparation of nitrogen
15. Nitrogen from air
16. Safety and purity in gas preparation
17. Collecting and testing the prepared gas
18. Air as a mixture
19. Fractional distillation of liquid air
20. Why nitrogen boils off first
21. Industrial oxygen and its storage
22. Industrial nitrogen and its storage
23. Physical properties of oxygen
24. Physical properties of hydrogen
25. Physical properties of nitrogen
26. Comparing the physical properties
27. The burning and glowing splint tests
28. Litmus and solubility of the gases
29. Oxygen with metals
30. Oxygen with carbon and sulphur
31. Hydrogen burning in oxygen
32. Hydrogen with metal oxides
33. Reactions of nitrogen
34. Uses of the gases and review