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प्रश्न
Explain the following observation:
Why is fused calcium chloride or cone, sulphuric acid used in a desiccator?
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उत्तर
Anhydrous or fused calcium chloride is highly hygroscopic in nature it readily absorbs moisture, also it is deliquescent in nature and is therefore used as a drying agent in a desiccator.
Concentrated sulphuric acid being hygroscopic in nature absorbs moisture from the air and gets diluted and acts as a drying agent as well as a dehydrating agent and hence is used in a desiccator.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give two examples for Deliquescent substance.
Give one word for the following statement:
A property due to which a substance absorbs water without dissolving.
The substance that can remove hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the ratio of 2:1(in the form of water) from the compound.
State the methods by which hydrated salts can be made anhydrous.
Name three methods by which hydrous substances can be made anhydrous.
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
A hot saturated solution of copper sulphate forms crystals as it cools. Why?
What happens when MgSO4.7H2O is heated? Write the appropriate equation?
