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Why are carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most applications?

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Most of the carbon compounds give a lot of heat and light when burnt in air .Saturated hydrocarbons burn with a clean flame and no smoke is produced .The carbon compounds ,used as a fuel ,have high calorific values .Therefore, carbon and its compounds are used as fuels for most applications.
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OSWAL PUBLICATION-CARBON COMPOUNDS -NCERT CORNER (Exercise Questions)
  1. Ethane, with the molecular formula C(2)H(6) has

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  2. Butanone is a four-carbon compound with the functional group

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  3. While cooking, if the bottom of the vessel is getting blackened on the...

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  4. Explain the nature of the covalent bond using the bond formation in CH...

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  5. Draw the electron dot structures for Ethanoic acid

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  6. Draw the electron dot structures for H(2)S

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  7. Draw the electron dot structures for : propanone.

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  8. Draw the electron dot structures for F(2)

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  9. What is a homologous series ? Explain with an example.

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  10. How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of th...

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  11. Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Wil...

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  12. Why are carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most applications?

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  13. Explain the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap.

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  14. What change will you observe if you test soap with litmus paper (red a...

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  15. What is hydrogenation? What is its industrial application?

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  16. Which of the following hydrocarbons undergo addition reactions: C(2)H...

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  17. Give a test that can be used to differentiate chemically between butte...

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  18. Explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps.

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