Give two reasons to justify:
(a) Water at room temperature is a liquid.
(b) An iron almirah is a solid at room temperature.
(i) Metal that exists in liquid state at room temperature → Mercury (ii) Metal that can be easily cut with a knife → Sodium, Potassium (iii) Metal that is the best conductor...
1 Answers 1 views Cutting of trees → Physical change Melting of butter in a pan → Physical change Rusting of almirah → Chemical change Boiling of water to form steam → Physical...
1 Answers 1 views(a) At room temperature (25 °C), water is a liquid because it has the following characteristic of liquid: (i). At room temperature, water has no shape but has a fixed volume...
1 Answers 1 views(B) reaction proceeds with fall in temperature Mixing of solid barium hydroxide [Ba(OH)2] and solid ammonium chloride [NH4Cl] in a ratio of 2 : 1 by weight at room temperature in...
1 Answers 2 viewsIt is a covalent solid such as SiO2, diamond, SiC, AlN, etc. Covalent solids (except graphite) have very high melting point and are insulators.
1 Answers 2 views(a) The solid exerts a force equal to its weight on the liquid. (b) The liquid exerts a force of buoyancy on the solid which is equal to the weight of...
1 Answers 1 views(c) decrease if it is taken partially out of the liquid (d) be in the vertically upward direction. EXPLANATION: The force exerted by the liquid on the solid is equal to the volume...
1 Answers 1 views(b) the forces between the molecules is stronger in solid than in liquids EXPLANATION: The shape will change only if the molecules have some freedom of movement. In a solid the forces...
1 Answers 1 views(c) decrease if it is taken partially out of the liquid (d) be in the vertically upward direction. EXPLANATION: The force exerted by the liquid on the solid is equal to the volume...
1 Answers 1 views(a) the material of the solid (b) the material of the liquid Explanation: The contact angle between a solid and a liquid depends on the materials of the solid and the liquid. The...
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