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Why is bleaching powder used for in the purification of water?

Important Questions on Acids, Bases and Salts

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Baking soda is a mixture of:
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How is washing soda prepared from sodium carbonate? Give its chemical equation. State the type of this salt. Name the type of hardness of water which can be removed by it?
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How is sodium hydroxide manufactured in industries? Name the process. In this process, a gas X is formed as a by-product. This gas reacts with lime water to give a compound Y, which is used as a bleaching agent in the chemical industry. Identify X and Y and write the chemical equation of the reaction involved.
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The chemical formula for plaster of Paris is:
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The pH of a salt used to make tasty and crispy pakoras is 14. Identify the salt and write a chemical equation for its formation. List its two uses. 
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Why is sodium hydrogen carbonate an essential ingredient in antacids?
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Write an equation to show the reaction between Plaster of Paris and water
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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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Why should Plaster of Paris be stored in moisture proof containers?
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Name one salt whose solution has pH more than 7 and one salt whose solution has pH less than 7.
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What is meant by water of crystallisation in a substance? How would you show that blue copper sulphate crystals contain water of crystallisation?
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Name the substance which on treatment with chlorine yields bleaching powder.
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Why is Plaster of Paris written as CaSO4. 12H2O? How is it possible to have half a water molecule attached to CaSO4?
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Write a chemical equation for the reaction of carbon dioxide with bleaching powder.
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Write the chemical name of Na2CO3.10H2O and Na2CO3. Write the significance of 10H2O. Mention the term used for water molecules attached with salt. With the help of chemical equation explain the method of preparation of both Na2CO3.10H2O and Na2CO3. Also, list two uses of Na2CO3.10H2O.
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Complete the following reaction,

CaSO42.H2O+H2O

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Name the sodium compound which is used for softening hard water.
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Complete the following reaction:
NaCl+H2O+CO2+NH3
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What will happen if a solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate is heated?

Give the equation of the reaction involved.

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Plaster of Paris should be stored in a moisture-proof container. Explain why?