11.6 Carboxylic Acid — Chemistry STD 10 — Question

Distinctive reaction that takes place when ethanol is treated with acetic acid.

A solution has a pH of 7. Explain, how you would:
Decrease its pH, If a solution changes the color of litmus from red to blue, what can you say about its pH?

Bleaching agent used to bleach delicate articles.

In the formation of magnesium chloride (by direct combination between magnesium and chloride), name the substance that is oxidized and the substance that is reduced.

The combining capacity of the atom of an element.

The following question relate to the electroplating of an article with silver.
What should be the nature of the anode?

A polar covalent compound which on dissolving in water produces ions.

A nitrate which does not leave behind solid residue on heating.

The relative atomic mass of Cl atom is 35.5 a.m.u. Explain this statement.