ChemistryClass 10ICSE
Q
State two uses each of the following compounds: (a) Sodium hydroxide (b) Chlorine (c) Hydrogen (d) Hydrochloric acid.
A
- Sodium hydroxide:
- Used for making soaps
- Manufacturing of paper
- Chlorine
- Used in the production of bleaching powder
- Used for sterilising drinking water
- Hydrogen
- Used as fuels in rockets
- Used in hydrogenation of oils
- Hydrochloric acid
- Used in medicines and cosmetics
- Textile dyeing and tanning industries