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Seawater contains many salts dissolved in it. Common salt is separated from these salts. Deposits of solid salt are also found in several parts of the world. These large crystals are often brown due to impurities. This is called rock salt and is mined like coal. The common salt is an important raw material for chemicals of daily use.
When acid present in tamarind is mixed with X, a mixture Y is produced. When X is mixed with kneaded flour and heated, the cakes become soft and spongy. X is prepared from common salt and is also used for faster cooking.
Common salt is a very important raw material as many compounds of industrial use can be prepared from it. Explain, giving chemical equations, the method of preparation of washing soda from sodium chloride. List four industrial/domestic uses of washing soda.
A chemical compound used in glass, soap and paper industries is
Five solutions A, B, C, D and E when tested with pH paper showed pH as 4, 1, 13, 7 and 10 respectively. Which solution is : (1) Strongly acidic (2) Strongly alkaline (3) Weakly acidic (4) Neutral and (5) Weakly alkaline ? Arrange the solutions in increasing order of H⁺ ion concentration.
Write the name and formula of (1) an acidic salt and (2) a basic salt giving the name of the parent acid and parent base used to form the salt in each case.
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