Explain the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap? Solution: Scrum is produced from reaction of hard water with soap....

Why are carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most applications? Solution: Carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most...

Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents such as ethanol also?...

How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their physical and chemical properties?

What is a homologous series? Explain with an example. Ans - The series of compounds, which has the same Chemical properties, functional...

While cooking, if the bottom of the vessel is getting blackened on the outside, it means that (a) the food is not cooked completely. (b)...

Butanone is a four-carbon compound with the functional group (a) carboxylic acid (b) aldehyde (c) ketone (d) alcohol Ans - option C i.e...

Ethane, with the molecular formula C2H6 has (a) 6 covalent bonds. (b) 7 covalent bonds. (c) 8 covalent bonds. (d) 9 covalent bonds Answer...

People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a...

Would you be able to check if water is hard by using a detergent? Solution: It is not possible to check if water is hard by using a...

What are oxidising agents? Solution: Oxidising agents are those compounds which either removes Hydrogen or adds oxygen to a compound. Ex:...

How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid? Solution: On reaction with Sodium Carbonate,...

A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding. Can you tell why a mixture of ethyne and air is not used? Solution: A mixture of...

Why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction? The removal of Hydrogen atom and addition of oxygen it is an...

What are the two properties of carbon which lead to the huge number of carbon compounds we see around us? Solution: Two properties of...

How many structural isomers can you draw for pentane? Solution: Structural isomer of pentane are n-pentane 2-methylbutane 2,...

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Q. If a plant is releasing carbon dioxide and taking in oxygen during the day, does it mean that there is no photosynthesis...

A solid between A and B has the following arrangement of atoms Atoms A are arranged in ccp array Atoms B occupy all the octahedral voids...