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Explain why water is called 'universal solvent?

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  1. Many electrovalent or ionic compounds and same non-electrolytes such a...

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  2. Water is very stable compound - why ?

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  3. Explain why water is called 'universal solvent?

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  4. Explain why water is called an 'amphiprotic solvent'. Establish this g...

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  5. What do you understand by'self-ionisation' or 'autoprotolysis' of wate...

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  6. Give examples of two reactions one in which water acts as an oxidising...

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  7. Which type of compounds undergo hydrolysis? Give examples.

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  8. What happens when steam is passed over red hot coke? Give suitable equ...

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  9. Water plays a significant role in controling the atmospheric and body ...

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  10. How does water stabilise an ion?

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  11. Why water is liquid at ordinary temperature?

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  12. How will you prove that a colourless liquid is water?

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  13. Indicate whether water undergoes oxidation or reduction during photos...

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  14. Cobalt chloride is blue in anhydrous state . In contact with water va...

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  15. What is heavy water? Why it is called so? State the major source of he...

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  16. All physical constants of heavy water are higher than the correspondin...

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  17. What amount of water should be electrolysed to get 1L of 99% pure D(2)...

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  18. Why concentration of D(2)O increases when electrolysis of water is car...

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  19. Explain why the reactions of D(2) O occur at a rate slower that the co...

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  20. How would you prepare deuterium peroxide (D(2)O(2)) ?

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