A student observed the reactions when sodium chloride and sodium iodide were each reacted separately with concentrated sulfuric acid and with concentrated phosphoric acid. Some observations are recorded in the table. sodium chloride with conc. H2SO4: colourless acidic gas formed sodium chloride with conc. H3PO4: colourless acidic gas formed sodium iodide with conc. H2SO4: purple vapour formed sodium iodide with conc. H3PO4: colourless acidic gas formed Which deduction can be made from these observations?
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D: Concentrated sulfuric acid is a stronger oxidising agent than iodine.
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