Important salts in daily life

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Important salts in daily life: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as sodium chloride, uses of sodium chloride, simple salts, soaps, and pH of salts.

Important Questions on Important salts in daily life

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List two uses of rock salt.

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Explain the solar evaporation method that is used to obtain crude sodium chloride.

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Match the chemical substances given in Column (A) with their appropriate application given in Column (B).

  Column(A)   Column (B)
(a) Bleaching powder (i) Preparation of glass
(b) Baking soda (ii) Production of H2 and Cl2
(c) Washing soda  (iii) Decolourisation
(d) Sodium chloride (iv) Antacid

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Write the number of water crystals present in the sodium sulphate.

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What is the chemical formula of sodium sulphate?

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The chemical formula of sodium sulphate decahydrate is Na2SO4.10H2O.

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What is the chemical formula of sodium sulphate?

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The number of water of crystallisation present in the barium chloride are_____.

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The chemical formula of barium chloride is BaCl3.2H2O.

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What is the chemical formula of barium chloride?

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The chemical formula of Epsom salt is MgSO4.7H2O

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The number of water crystals present in the borax is _____. 

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What is the chemical formula of Epsom salt?

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Write the number of water crystals present in the borax.

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The chemical formula of borax is Na2SO4.10H2O

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What is the chemical formula of borax?

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What is the chemical formula of borax ?

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The aqueous solution of washing soda turns blue litmus red.

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The aqueous solution of washing soda turns red litmus blue.

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List the properties of washing soda.