
— Chemical properties of Hydrochloric acid . Hydrogen chloride gas is neither combustible nor supportive of combustion. It extinguishes a flaming splint. When heated over 500 o C hydrogen chloride dissociates into hydrogen gas and chlorine gas.; 2 HCl → H 2 +Cl 2. When hydrogen chloride gas is heated with various metals such as Zn, Mg, Fe, …