A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding. Can you tell why a mixture of ethyne and air is not used?
Because when ethyne is burnt in air, it gives a sooty flame. This is due to incomplete combustion caused by limited supply of oxygen. However, if ethyne is burnt with oxygen, it gives a clean flame with temperature 3000°C because of complete combustion. This oxy-acetylene flame is used for welding. It is not possible to attain such a high temperature without providing oxygen. This is the reason that a mixture of ethyne and air is not used.
Draw the structure for the following compounds.
(i) Ethanoic acid (ii) Bromopentane*
(iii) Butanone (iv) Hexanal.
*Are structural isomers possible for bromopentane?
What is an homologous series? Explain with an example.
How would you name the following compounds?
(i) CH3 -- CH2 -- Br
(ii)
(iii)
What will be the formula and electron dot structure of cyclopentane?
Explain the nature of the covalent bond using the bond formation in CH3Cl.
Why are carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most applications?
How many structural isomers can you draw for pentane?
Explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps.
What are the two properties of carbon which lead to the huge number of carbon compounds we see around us?
Explain the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap.
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
What is a good source of energy?
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?
What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
Why are we looking at alternate sources of energy?
How is food transported in plants?
What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?
What are the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration? Name some organisms that use the anaerobic mode of respiration.
You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?
What are the components of the transport system in highly organised plants?
What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?
What is the role of the acid in our stomach?
What could be the reasons for adopting contraceptive methods?
An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm. Draw the ray diagram and find the position, size and the nature of the image formed.