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Is demineralised or distilled water useful for drinking purposes? If not, how can it be made useful?

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Demineralised or distilled water is not useful for drinking purposes because it is tasteless and does not contain minerals essential for human health. It can be made useful by adding to it the essential minerals in proper amounts.
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ICSE-HYDROGEN-NCERT TEXT-BOOK EXERCISE (With Hints and Solutions)
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  2. Discuss the principle and method of softening of hard water by synthet...

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  3. Write chemical reactions to show the amphoteric nature of water.

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  4. Write chemical reactions to justify that hydrogen peroxide can functio...

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  5. What is meant by demineralised water?

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  6. Is demineralised or distilled water useful for drinking purposes? If n...

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  7. Describe the usefulness of water in biosphere and biological systems.

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  8. What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What types of co...

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  9. What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What types of co...

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  10. Knowing the properties of H(2)O and D(2)O, do you think that D(2)O can...

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  11. What is the difference between the terms ‘hydrolysis’ and ‘hydration’ ...

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  12. How can saline hydrides remove traces of water from organic compounds?

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  13. What do you expect the nature of hydrides is, if formed by elements of...

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  14. Do you expect different products in solution when aluminium(III) chlor...

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  15. How does H(2)O(2) behave as a bleaching agent?

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  16. What do you understand by the terms: (i) hydrogen economy (ii) hydro...

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  17. What do you understand by the terms : hydrogenation

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  18. What do you understand by the terms : 'syngas'

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  19. What do you understand by the terms : water-gas shift reaction

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  20. What do you understand by the terms : fuel-cell ?

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