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प्रश्न
Give scientific reasons.
Silver amalgam is used for filling dental cavities.
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उत्तर
Because silver amalgam melts at low temperatures and may easily fill cavities, it is used to fill cavities.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give two examples of alloys with their chemical composition.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Heating an ore in a limited supply of air or in the absence of air at a temperature just below its melting point is known as
A. Smelting
B. Ore-dressing
C. Calcination
D. Bessemerisation
What is anodising? Give its applications.
Explain the term “corrosion” with an example. Write a chemical equation to show the process of corrosion of iron.
What special name is given to the corrosion of iron?
Name the metal which is used for galvanising iron.
State two conditions for the rusting of iron.
Tiffin boxes are electroplated with ______ but car bumpers are electroplated with ______ to protect them from rusting.
The corrosion of copper produces a ______ coating of basic copper carbonate on its surface.
______ and ______ are necessary for the rusting of iron.
Why is an iron grill painted frequently?
Explain why, though aluminium is more reactive than iron, yet there is less corrosion of aluminium when both are exposed to air.
What is the corrosion of iron known as?
Give the constituents of brass.
What are the special properties of stainless steel?
Name a common metal which is highly resistant to corrosion.
A common metal which is highly resistant to corrosion is ______.
No chemical reaction takes place when granules of a rusty-brown solid A are mixed with the powder of another solid B. However, when the mixture is heated, a reaction takes place between its components. One of the products C is a metal and settles down in the molten state while the other product D floats over it. It was observed that the reaction is highly exothermic.
- What could the solids A and B be?
- What are the products C and D most likely to be?
- Write the chemical equation for the reaction between A and B leading to the formation of C and D. Mention the physical states of all the reactants and products in this equation and indicate the heat change which takes place.
- What is the special name of such a reaction? State one use of such a reaction.
- Name any two types of chemical reactions under which the above reaction can be classified.
Name the metal which is a constituent of blood pigment?
Name the metal which is a constituent of plant pigment?
Find the odd man out:
What is done to prevent corrosion of metals?
Answer the following question:
What is corrosion? Do gold ornaments corrode? Justify.
Explain the term – rusting and give a word equation for the formation of rust. If polished iron nails are kept in three separate test tubes, state the contents in each test tube required, to prove the conditions for rusting.
Observe the following picture and answer the following questions:

- What is rust?
- Write the chemical formula of rust.
- Write the reaction of oxidation of iron at the anode.
- Write the reaction of oxidation of iron at the cathode.
- What is corrosion?
_______ is an alloy made from iron, carbon and chromium.
Corrosion of silver causes a black layer of _______.
Write the name.
An alloy of copper and tin-
Write scientific reason.
Anodization method is useful for prevention of the corrosion of the aluminium.
Draw a neat labelled diagram.
Electrolysis
Give solutions by giving examples of corrosion?
Give the equation for the formation of rust.
The diagram shows the reaction between metal and dil. acid.

What is the reason for different behaviour of Mg in test tube B?
The table shown below gives information about four substances: A, B, C and D.
| SUBSTANCE | MELTING POINT (K) | ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY | |
| SOLID | LIQUID/ AQUEOUS | ||
| A | 295 | Good | Good |
| B | 1210 | Poor | Good |
| C | 1890 | Poor | Good |
| D | 1160 | Poor | Poor |
Identify Ionic compounds from the above given substances.
Alloys are homogeneous mixtures of a metal with a metal or non-metal. Which among the following alloys contain non-metal as one of its constituents?
Explain the following:
Bubbles are produced when acetic acid is added to a solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate.
Give an example of a chemical reaction for the following situation:
Sound is produced
Describe two changes that are harmful. Explain why you consider them harmful. How can you prevent them?
