How Soap perform cleansing action?
Soaps and detergents perform the cleaning action because the polar parts of their molecules are water soluble due to hydrogen-bonding and non-polar parts remain outside water.
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Stoichiometry
The study of relationship between the amounts of reactants and products as indicated by the balanced chemical equation is called stoichiometry. Explanation: Stoichiometry is used to calculate the amount of the product formed or that of the reactant required in a reaction. Stoichiometric calculations are performed by the following assumptions in hand: Reactants are completely…
Why ice floats on water?
When the temperature of water is decreased and ice is formed then the molecules become more regular and this regularity extends throughout the whole structure. Empty spaces are left behind as shown in the figure below. That is why when water freezes it occupy 9% more space and its density decreases. The result is that…
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The removal of a solute from its solution by the addition of a solvent in which the solute is more soluble but which itself is not soluble in solution is called solvent extraction. Ether Extraction: Many organic compounds are produced along with minor products in aqueous solution. Such compounds are shaken with ether taken in…
Solids | General Properties
The substances which are rigid, hard, have definite shape and definite volume are called solids. General Properties Of Solids Rigidity of Solids The atoms, ions or molecules of a solid do not possess sufficient energy to move about nor take up different positions like the molecules of a gas or a liquid. They have fixed…
MOLECULAR FORMULA DEFINITION
A formula which tells the actual number of atoms present in a molecule of a substance is known as molecular formula. Examples: H2O2 and C6H12O6 are the molecular formulas of hydrogen peroxide and glucose respectively.
