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What is the name given to solid phase of earth?

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Understanding Earth's Composition**: The Earth is composed of different layers or phases, each with distinct characteristics. These phases include solid, liquid, and gaseous components. 2. **Identifying the Solid Phase**: Among these phases, the solid phase is primarily made up of rocks, minerals, and the landforms we see on the Earth's surface. 3. **Naming the Solid Phase**: The scientific term used to refer to the solid phase of the Earth is "lithosphere." This term comes from the Greek words "lithos," meaning stone, and "sphaira," meaning sphere. ...
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY ENGLISH-APPENDIX INORGANIC VOLUME 2-Short Answer Type
  1. Can iron be purified by amalgamation?

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  2. Both iron and aluminium combine slowly with oxygen at room temperature...

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  3. What is the name given to solid phase of earth?

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  4. Give one example where hydrometallurgy is used for metal extraction?

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  5. Name the method of metal refining which is generally used when a metal...

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  6. When is electrolytic reduction applied for getting a metal?

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  7. What name is given to carbon reduction process for extracting the meta...

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  8. An ore has impurities which are attracted by magnet suggest process fo...

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  9. In moist air, copper corrodes to produce a green layer on the surface....

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  10. The value ofDelta (f) G^(Ө) for formation of Cr(2) O(3) is – 540 kJmo...

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  11. What do you understand by roasting in presence of NaCl?

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  12. Why NF3 cannot be hydrolysed, while NCl3 can be readily hydrolysed?

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  13. Why NI5 does not exist While PCl5 exists?

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  14. Why the boiling point of ammonia is greater than phosphine?

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  15. Why NO is paramagnetic?

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  16. Nitrogen exists as diatomic molecule and phosphorus as P(4). Why?

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  17. Why nitrogen gas is inert?

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  18. Why phosphorus is more reactive than nitrogen?

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  19. Why nitrogen does not form penthalides?

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  20. Why bismuth does not from pentahalides?

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