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What are tHe advantages in using hydrogen as a fuel ?

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Advantage of hydrogen using as a fuel:
a. it releases greater energy per unit weight of fuel.
b. it is free from pollutants such as `CO,CO_(2),NO_(X),SO_(2)`, hydrocarbons, aldehydes and lead compounds.
c. its combustion product is water with just some traces of nitrogen oxides.
d. Internal combustion engines can be easily modified for use for hydrogen as a fuel.
e. Fuels cells for generation of electric power with conversion efficiency of `70-85 %` have been succesfully operated commercially. fuel cell has been used for power generation.
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY ENGLISH-HYDROGEN, WATER AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-Ex 3.2
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  2. Hydrogen forms three types of bonds in its compounds. Giving suitable ...

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  3. Elements with atomic numbers 17 and 20 form compounds with hydrogen. W...

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  4. Complete the following reactions. a.CaO((s))+H(2(g))to,b.CO(g)+H(2(g...

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  5. Describe some unusual properties of water.

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

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  7. What is meant by hydrogenation?

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  8. What are tHe advantages in using hydrogen as a fuel ?

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  10. Although D(2)O resembles H(2)O chemically, yet it is a toxic substance...

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  11. Why do lakes freeze from top towards bottom ?

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  12. Why is ice less dense than water and what kind of attractive forces mu...

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  17. The degree of hardness of a given sample of hard water is 40 p p m. If...

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