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A student set up an experiment below to collect gas K. The glass wool was heated before heating zinc powder.
(a) Why was it necessary to heat the moist glass wool before heating zinc powder?
(b) What would happen if the zinc powder was heated before heating the glass wool?
(c) What property of gas K makes it possible for it to be collected as shown in the diagram?