Baking powder contains :
NaHCO3, Ca(H2PO2)2 and starch.
NaHCO3, Ca(H2PO2)2
NaHCO3 and starch.
NaHCO3
The element which on burning in air gives peroxide is
lithium
sodium
rubidium
caseium
B.
sodium
Alkali metals on burning in air give monoxide, peroxide or superoxide.
Li forms monoxide
2Li + O2 → Li2O
Na form peroxide as well as monoxide
2Na + O2 → Na2O2
2Na + O2 → Na2O
K, Rb and Cs from superoxide
M (= K, Rb, Cs) + O2 → MO2
Plaster of Paris on making paste with little water sets to hard mass due to formation of
CaSO4
CaSO4.1/2 H2O
CaSO4 H2O
CaSO4.2H2O