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प्रश्न
Differentiate hydrate and anhydrous salts with examples.
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उत्तर
| Property | Hydrate Salts | Anhydrous Salt |
| Definition | Salts that contain water molecules as part of their crystal structure. | Salts that do not contain water molecules in their structure. |
| Water Content | Contain a fixed number of water molecules (water of crystallization). | Do not contain any water molecules. |
| Appearance | Often appear colored and crystalline. | Usually powdery and may appear white or dull. |
| Example | Copper sulphate pentahydrate (\[\ce{CuSO4.5H2O}\]) | Heating of Copper sulphate pentahydrate (\[\ce{CuSO4.5H2O}\]) produce anhydrous copper sulphate (\[\ce{CuSO4}\]) |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write a balanced equation for the preparation of the following salts:
Copper sulphate from Copper Carbonate.
Name the salt which is used as preservative in pickles, and in curing meat and fish.
The aqueous solution of one of the following salts will turn red litmus to blue. This salt is:
(a) potassium sulphate
(b) sodium sulphate
(c) sodium chloride
(d) potassium carbonate
The salt whose aqueous solution will have no effect on either red litmus or blue litmus is
(a) potassium sulphate
(b) sodium carbonate
(c) ammonium sulphate
(d) sodium acetate
Explain ‘salt hydrolysis’
name two salts which are acidic.
Taking sodium carbonate as an example, give the meaning of the following terms:
Anhydrous
Name two carbonates which do not produce carbon dioxide on heating.
Name the anion present in the following compound:
Compound A, when warmed with concentrated sulphuric acid, gives a gas which fumes in moist air and which gives dense white fumes with ammonia.
Write any five uses of salts.
