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प्रश्न
Write any five uses of salts.
उत्तर
Common Salt (NaCl): It is used in our daily food and used as a preservative.
1. Washing Soda (Sodium Carbonate):
- It is used in softening hard water.
- It is used in glass, soap and paper industries.
2. Baking Soda (Sodium bicarbonate -NaHC03):
- It is used in making of baking powder which is a mixture of baking soda and tartaric acid.
- It is used in soda-acid fire extinguishers.
- Baking powder is used to make cakes and bread, soft and spongy.
- It neutralizes excess acid in the stomach and provides relief.
3. Bleaching powder (Calcium Oxychloride – CaOCl2)
- It is used as disinfectant.
- It is used in textile industry for bleaching cotton and linen.
4. Plaster of Paris (Calcium Sulphate Hemihydrate – CaS04 . 1/2H20)
- It is used for plastering bones
- It is used for making casts for statues
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