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Give reason why sodium bicarbonate is used in bakeries.

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Sodium bicarbonate is called as baking soda. Because it decomposes on heating bubbles of carbon dioxide, leaving holes in cakes or pastries and making them light and fiuffy
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  2. What are the uses of sodium hydroxides?

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  4. Write about the uses of sodium bicarbonate.

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

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  10. How alkali metals react with liquid ammonia?

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

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  12. Explain how alkali metal oxide reacts with water?

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

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

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  15. IE(1) of alkaline earth metals are higher than that of alkali metals, ...

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  16. MgCl(2) and CaCl(2) are easily hydrated, while NaCl and KCl are not hy...

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  17. What are the distinctive behaviour of beryllium?

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  18. Write about the important uses of calcium

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  19. Mention about the uses of barium.

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  20. Be(OH)(2)is amphoteric in nature. Prove it.

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