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In the fountain experiment to demonstrated the high solubility of HCl gas in water, dry HCl gas is filled in the round bottom flask.

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HCl gas present in the flask dissolves in water due to high solubility, creating a partial vacuum in the flask. The outside pressure being higher pushes the water up the jet tube which emerges as fountain.

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