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Give reasons (vii) Aluminium wire is used to make transmission cables.

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Al is a good conductor of electricity and is lighter than copper.
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  2. Give reasons (vi) Aluminium utensils cannot be kept in water overnight

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  3. Give reasons (vii) Aluminium wire is used to make transmission cables.

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  9. Write balanced equation for BF3+LiH rarr

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  10. Write balanced equation for B2H6+H2O rarr

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  11. Write balanced equation for NaH+B2H6 rarr

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  12. Write balanced equation for H3BO3 rarr

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  13. Write balanced equation for Al+NaOH rarr

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  14. Write balanced equation for B2H6+NH3 gives

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  15. The aqueous solution of borax is

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  16. Boric acid is polymeric due to -----

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  17. Hybridisation of boron in B2H6 is -----

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  18. Thermodynamically, the most stable allotrope of carbon is……………..

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  19. The Elements of group 14 show ----- oxidation states

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  20. Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium belong to group 13 of t...

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