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Amorphous form of carbon used in making shoepolish.

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Understanding the Question**: The question asks for the amorphous form of carbon that is used in making shoe polish. 2. **Identifying Amorphous Carbon**: Amorphous carbon does not have a definite crystalline structure. It can exist in various forms, including soot, charcoal, and lamp black. 3. **Shoe Polish Composition**: Shoe polish often contains pigments and dyes to provide color and shine. One of the common carbon forms used for coloring in shoe polish is lamp black. ...
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S CHAND IIT JEE FOUNDATION-CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS -QUESTION BANK 19 (NAME THE FOLLOWING )
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  2. what is produced after destructive distillation of coal.

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  3. what is an essential constituent of all organic substances.

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  5. The allotrope of carbon used for making the black cores of pencils.

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  6. Allotrope of carbon used in cutting glass and rock drilling.

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  7. Amorphous form of carbon used in making shoepolish.

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  9. Why should soda-acid and foam-type extinguishers not be used in fighti...

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  10. Why is diamond hard while graphite is soft?

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  11. Why is graphite a good conductor of electricity but diamond is not?

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  12. An element belonging to group 14 of the periodic table has two common ...

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  13. A boy sharpens a pencil at both the ends and then uses its back ends t...

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  14. A colourless gas is produced on heating strongly a piece of black clec...

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  15. Why can inhaling of carbon monoxide become fatal?

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  16. Why is it dangerous to sleep in a closed room with a coal fire burning...

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  17. How does carbon dioxide help to extinguish fires?

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