Short Answer TypeWhy is it dangerous to sleep in a closed room in which coal is burning ?
Coal upon burning in a closed room forms carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Both these gases are poisonous in nature. Since the room is closed, there will be a lack of oxygen which is very much essential for breathing. Under such condition, even one percent of CO is sufficient to kill a person.
Explain the following phenomenon by means of balanced equations:
(i) When exhaling is made through a tube passing into a solution of lime water, solution becomes turgid.
(ii) The turbidity of the above solution.
(iii) eventually disappears when continued exhaling is made through it.
Long Answer TypeExplain why silicon tetrachloride is hydrolyzed but carbon tetrachloride is not hydrolysed.
Short Answer Type
Switch
(b) diamond (c) graphite?
