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प्रश्न
It is recommended to use air tight containers for storing oil for a long time.
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उत्तर
When oil or ghee is left out for an extended period of time, it oxidises and becomes rancid due to air oxidation. Antioxidants are used to prevent rancidity in foods cooked in oil or ghee. The oxidation reaction of food can also be slowed by storing it in an air tight container.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Corrosion can be prevented by using ……………. solution.
Define corrosion.
Why is photosynthesis considered an endothermic reaction?
What are anti-oxidants?
Identify in the following reaction (a) the substance oxidised, and (b) the substance reduced:
\[\ce{ZnO + C -> Zn + CO}\]
The addition of hydrogen to a substance is called ______ whereas removal of hydrogen is called ______.
Explain the following in terms of gain or loss of oxygen with one example:
Oxidation
Define the following in terms of gain or loss of hydrogen with one example:
Oxidation
When a magnesium ribbon is heated, it burns in air to form magnesium oxide. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction. Name
- substance oxidised, and
- substance reduced.
Define reduction.
Define redox reaction.
TRUE \ FALSE
Hydrogen is a good oxidizing agent.
Identify from the following reaction the reactants that undergo oxidation and reduction.
\[\ce{2Ag2O → 4 Ag + O2 \uparrow}\]
Explain the following in term of gain or loss of oxygen with two examples.
Oxidation
Is it essential that oxidation and reduction must occur side by side in a chemical reaction? Explain
Which of the following statements about hydrogen is incorrect?
Name:
an oxidizing agent that does not contain oxygen.
Name:
a gas that is oxidizing as well as a reducing agent.
Rusting of iron involves a chemical reaction which is a combination of:
Which of the following statements about the given reaction are correct?
\[\ce{3Fe_{(s)} + 4H2O_{(g)} -> Fe3O4_{(s)} + 4H2_{(g)}}\]
(i) Iron metal is getting oxidised.
(ii) Water is getting reduced.
(iii) Water is acting as the reducing agent.
(iv) Water is acting as oxidising agent.
The process of reduction involves ____________.
Identify the reducing agent in the following reactions
`4"NH"_3 + 5"O"_2 -> 4"NO" + 6"H"_2"O"`
Identify the reducing agent in the following reactions -
`"H"_2"O" + "F"_2 -> "HF" + "HOF"`
Identify the oxidising agent (oxidant) in the following reactions
`"Pb"_3"O"_4 + 8"HCl" -> 3"PbCl"_2 + "Cl"_2 + 4"H"_2"O"`
Identify the oxidising agent (oxidant) in the following reactions
`2"Mg" + "O"_2 -> 2"MgO"`
Which among the following are physical or chemical change?
Burning of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Which among the following are physical or chemical change?
Curding of milk
The tendency of atoms to have eight electrons in the outer shell is known as ______.
Oxidizing agents are otherwise called ______.
The tarnishing of metals is due to the formation of ______.
The sum of the oxidation number of all atoms in a compound is ______.
Identify the following reactions as oxidation/reduction/redox reaction
CuO+H2 → Cu+H2O
Find the oxidation number of the element in the following compound.
Mg in MgO
Find the oxidation number of the element in the following compound.
A1 in AlCl3
When hydrogen gas is passed over black copper oxide, a reddish-coloured layer of copper is formed.
Answer the questions that follow based on this reaction.
- Write the equation.
- What type of reaction is it?
- Complete the blanks:
In this reaction, an oxygen atom goes away from CuO (copper oxide), which means that ______ of copper oxide takes place, whereas a hydrogen molecule takes up an oxygen atom and water (H2O) is formed, meaning ______ of hydrogen takes place.
Answer the questions based on the equation below:
\[\ce{CH3 - CH2 - OH ->[{[O]}][K2Cr2O7/H2SO4] CH3 - COOH}\]
- What type of reaction is it?
- What is the role of the chemical written on the arrow?
- Give one example of one such type of chemical as in answer (b).
State the change in colour observed in following case mentioning the reason:
Copper powder is strongly heated in air.
