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प्रश्न
Differentiate the function of concentrated sulphuric acid as a drying agent & as a dehydrating agent. Is fused calcium chloride a dehydrating or a desiccating agent. Give reasons.
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उत्तर
Sulphuric acid (cone.) acts as drying agent when it removes water from other substances i.e. for drying gases.
Cone, sulphuric acid acts as dehydrating agent when it removes chemically combined water from compounds due to it strong affinity for water.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{ethanol}}{C2H5OH} + ->[Conc. H2SO4][dehydrating agent] \underset{\text{ethene}}{C2H4} +\underset{\text{water}}{H2O}}\]
Cone. H2SO4 has removed H20 from ethanol and changed it to ethene. Fused calcium chloride [CaCl2] is desiccating agent as it is drying the substance.

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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give two examples of Crystalline anhydrous substances.
Give two examples for Deliquescent substance.
What are drying or desiccating agents? Give examples.
The process of separation or deposition of crystals from a hot saturated solution on gentle cooling of the solution is called ‘crystallization’. With reference to the statement explain what is meant by ‘water of crystallization. State which physical properties of a crystal are correlated with the water of crystallization.
Differentiate between ‘hydrated’ & ‘anhydrous’ crystals. Give the chemical formula of – the following hydrated crystals -
(a) Washing soda
(b) Gypsum
(c) Blue vitriol
(d) Epsom salt
(e) Glauber’s salt.
State which crystal from (a) to (e) is a pentahydrate.
Match the substances in List I with the appropriate answer in List II.
| List I | List II |
| 1. Green vitriol | A: Permanent hardness in water |
| 2. Paint | B: Hygroscopic |
| 3. Magnesium chloride | C: Temporary hardness in water |
| 4. Magnesium bicarbonate | D: Heptahydrate |
| 5. Calcium oxide | E: Colloidal |
Give a reason for the following:
Heating a hydrated copper sulphate crystal is deemed a chemical change.
Differentiate between the following:
Deliquescent salt and hygroscopic salt
Match the following
| 1. | Blue vitriol | CaSO4.2H2O |
| 2. | Gypsum | CaO |
| 3. | Deliquescence | CuSO4.5H2O |
| 4. | Hygroscopic | NaOH |
What happens when MgSO4.7H2O is heated? Write the appropriate equation?
