White fumes appear around the bottle of anhydrous aluminium chloride. Give reason.

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(N/A) Anhydrous aluminium chloride $(AlCl_3)$ is highly hygroscopic and undergoes partial hydrolysis with atmospheric moisture to liberate $HCl$ gas. This $HCl$ gas reacts with atmospheric water vapor to form droplets of hydrochloric acid,which appear as white fumes.

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