What are the uses of salts?

Important Questions on Acids and Bases

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Give any two uses of common salt (sodium chloride)

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Why are some salts called hydrated salts?

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If someone is suffering from acidity in stomach, which of the following would you suggest as a remedy. Orange juice, coca-cola, baking soda solution?

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What are the two main ways in which common salt (sodium chloride) occurs in nature?

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What is meant by "water of crystallisation" in a substance? Explain with an example

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What is meant by a family of salts? Explain with examples.

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Which compound is used as an antacid in medicine: $\mathrm{N}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{H}\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{O}}_3 \mathrm{o}\mathrm{r} \mathrm{N}{\mathrm{a}}_2\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{O}}_3$?

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Predict if the solutions of the following salts are neutral, acidic or basic: $\mathrm{N}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{l},\mathrm{}\mathrm{K}\mathrm{B}\mathrm{r},\mathrm{}\mathrm{N}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{N},\mathrm{}{\mathrm{N}\mathrm{H}}_4{\mathrm{N}\mathrm{O}}_3,\mathrm{}{\mathrm{N}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{N}\mathrm{O}}_2$ and $\mathrm{K}\mathrm{F}$.

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State two uses of washing soda.

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State two important uses of bleaching powder.

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Which of the following salt has a blue colour and why?
${\mathrm{C}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{S}\mathrm{O}}_4.5{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$ or ${\mathrm{C}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{S}\mathrm{O}}_4$

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Explain how anhydrous copper sulphate can be used to detect the presence of moisture (water) in a liquid.

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Write the names, formulae and colours of any two hydrated salts.

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Write the chemical name and formula of (a) common salt, and (b) caustic soda.

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Why is sodium hydrogen carbonate an essential ingredient in antacids?

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What is a salt? Give the names and formulae of any two salts. Also name the acids and bases from which these salts may be obtained.

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Name the sodium compound which is used for softening hard water.

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The blue colour of crystals of a substance changed to white on heating in a closed test tube but the colour was regained after sometime on cooling. Name the substance and write its chemical formula. Explain the phenomenon involved.

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What is meant by 'hydrated' and 'anhydrous' salts? Explain with examples.

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How would you show that blue copper sulphate crystals contain water of crystallisation?