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H? O? can act as both an oxidizing & reducing agent in both acidic & basic medium. In the hydrogen economy, energy is stored & transmitted in the form of dihydrogen.
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Roasting is a process in which sulphur is removed as SO? gas from sulphide ores on heating in excess of oxygen.
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Bismuth (Bi) is a metal in group 15. Its hydride is BiH? , which is the strongest reducing agent due to its the lowest thermal stability.
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Hydrated halides of group 2 from Ca onwards undergo dehydration on heating. But the hydrated halide of Mg, i.e., MgCl? ·8H? O, does not undergo dehydration on heating but undergoes hydrolysis.
BeO is amphoteric, while other oxides of group 2 are basic in nature.
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R-CONH? + Br? + 4NaOH → R-NH? + 2NaBr + Na? CO? + 2H? O
This reaction is the Hoffmann bromamide degradation, in which an amide is converted to a 1° amine.
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Oxidation States (O.S) of Phosphorus (P):
- Hypophosphorous acid – H? PO? : +1
- Orthophosphoric acid – H? PO? : +5
- Hypophosphoric acid – H? P? O? : +4
- Orthophosphorous acid – H? PO? : +3
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Formation of photochemical smog, which is also known as oxidizing smog, takes place in the presence of sunlight and O?
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Purification of a compound is independent of the physical state of the pure compound in chromatography techniques.
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H? O has a tetrahedral geometry and a bent shape with a bond angle of 104.5°, which is smaller than 109.5°. This is because of the presence of two lone pairs in H? O.
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