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Lakhmir Singh Solutions Class 10 Chemistry Solutions for Exercise in Chapter 2 - Chapter 2 Acids, Bases and Salts

Question 167 Exercise

(a) Name a sodium compound used for softening hard water.

(b) Which compound of calcium is used for disinfecting drinking water supply?

(c) Name a metal compound which has detergent properties (cleansing properties).

(d) Name one compound of calcium which is used for removing colour of a coloured cloth.

(e) State a peculiar (or remarkable) property of plaster of Paris.

(f) Name the substance obtained by the action of chlorine on solid (dry) slaked lime.

Answer:

(a) Sodium carbonate is used for softening hard water. Commonly called washing soda.

(b) Bleaching powder is a calcium compound that is used for disinfecting the drinking water supply.

(c) Sodium carbonate is a metal compound that has detergent and cleansing properties.

(d)  Bleaching powder or calcium oxychloride ( CaOCl2) is used for removing the colour.

(e) Plaster of Paris has the property of setting into hard mass on the addition of water.

(f) Bleaching powder or calcium oxychloride ( CaOCl2) is obtained by the action of chlorine on solid slaked lime.

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