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What are the uses of potassium and its compounds?

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Potassium has a vital role in biological system
(ii) Potassium chloride is used as a fertilizer
(iii) Potassium hydroxide is used in the manufacture of soft soap
(iv) Potassium hydroxide is also used as an excellent absorbent of carbon dioxide.
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  2. What are the uses of sodium and its compounds?

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  3. What are the uses of potassium and its compounds?

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  4. What is soda ash ? How it obtained ?

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  5. Mention the uses of washing soda (or) sodium carbonate

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  6. How would you prepare pure sodium chloride from crude salt?

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  7. Mention the uses of sodium chloride.

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  8. What are the uses of sodium hydroxides?

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  9. Give reason why sodium bicarbonate is used in bakeries.

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  10. Write about the uses of sodium bicarbonate.

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  14. Explain  about the anomalous behaviour of lithium among the alkali met...

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  15. How alkali metals react with oxygen? Explain with equation.

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  16. How alkali metals react with liquid ammonia?

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  17. What is the reason behind the blue colouration of alkali metals with l...

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  18. Explain how alkali metal oxide reacts with water?

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  19. Describe about the fire works of alkaline earth metals.

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  20. Copper and chlorine compounds makes blue fire work. Why?

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