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What is carborundum ?

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Silicon carbide (SiC) is called carborundum.
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  2. What is the basic building unit of all silicates?

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  3. What happens when cone. H2SO4 is dropped on sugar?

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  4. What is buckminsterfullerene ?

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  5. What is the state of hybridisation of carbon in CO3^(2-) ?

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  6. What is the state of hybridisation of carbon in HCO3^(-) ?

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  7. What is the state of hybridisation of carbon in CO2 ?

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  8. Which allotrope of C is used as moderator in atomic reactors and as so...

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  9. Mention the oxides of C which are the anhydrides of carbonic acid and ...

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  10. Name the gases which are present in producer gas.

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  11. Out of CO and CO2 which acts as a ligand and can form a coordinate bon...

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  12. What is the state of hybridisation of carbon in each of the following ...

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  13. What is the state of hybridisation of carbon in each of the following ...

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  14. What is the state of hybridisation of carbon in each of the following ...

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  15. What is carborundum ?

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  16. Give an example of a reaction where CO2 acts as an oxidising agent.

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  17. What are zeoutes ?

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  18. Write the name of the compound used as a fire extinguisher under the n...

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  19. Name the hardest compound of boron.

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  20. What is alane?

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