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1⟩ What is Valency?

A valency is a property of a groups or atoms, equal to the number of atoms of hydrogen that the group or atom could combine with or displace it in forming compounds.

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2⟩ What is the difference between Molarity and Normality?

Both techniques are used to the amount of chemical present in the solution. However they are almost similar but differs in

Molarity:

► Molarity is used to know the total amount of molecules in a 1 litre solution

► It is expressed as moles of a compound per litre of solution

Normality:

► Normality is used to know the total number of reactive units in 1 litre of solution

► It is expressed in equivalent per litre

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4⟩ What is titration?

Titration is a process to determine the molarity of a base or an acid. In this process a reaction is carried out between the known volumes of a solution with a known concentration, against the known volume of a solution with an unknown concentration.

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9⟩ Explain what is mole?

Mole is the unit used to define the number of chemical substance present in a substance. It is the amount of substance which consists of the same number of chemical units as there are atoms in exactly 12 gram of pure carbon-12.

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10⟩ What is oxidation and reduction reaction?

Oxidation = When there is a loss of hydrogen or electrons, OR gain of oxygen is known as Oxidation reaction.

Reduction = When there is a gain of hydrogen or electron OR loss of oxygen is known as reduction reaction

Example of oxidation-reduction reaction is observed in human body, when an electron is transferred into the cell and oxidation of glucose take place from which we get the energy.

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11⟩ Explain how buffer works?

In buffer when hydrogen ion is added, it will neutralized by the base in buffer. Hydroxide ion will be neutralized by the acid. On the overall pH of the buffer solution, these neutralization reactions will not show much effect.

While when you select an acid as a buffer solution, try to use an acid acid that has a pH closed to your desired pH. This will help your buffer to achieve nearly equivalent amount of acid and conjugate base, so that it will enable to neutralize as much as H+ and OH -.

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13⟩ Explain what is buffer?

A buffer is an aqueous solution which has highly stable pH. It is a blend of a weak acid and its conjugate base or vice versa. On adding small amount of base or acid to buffer, its pH hardly changes.

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16⟩ What are the method for the preparation of 1 normal solution of hydrochloric acid?

Density of HCl: 1.48 g/ml

Molecular weight of HCl: 36.5g/mole

Concentration of HCl stock: 36%

Concentration of another HCl stock: 12N

Final volume: 1L

Let's assume that we're making a 1N HCl solution. Using the 36% concentration stock, we'll need to find out how many ml we would need. However, HCl is interesting because it has a higher density than water.

For a 1N solution (also known as 1M) however, you would need this amount of grams:

(1M HCl) x (36.5 g/ mole HCl) x (1L) = 36.5 grams.

Now we need the amount of ml from a 36% solution. This is different from having a known concentration like 10M, for example.

36% = 36 grams HCl / 100 grams of stock concentration solution

(36.5 grams HCl) x (100gram of stock solution/ 36 grams HCl) x (1 ml/ 1.48 grams) =

68.5ml

Dissolve 68.5ml of 36% solution into 931.5ml of ddH20.

If your stock concentration came in 12M, then using the following equation:

M = concentrations and V = volume.

M1V1 = M2V2

V1 = (M2V2 )/M1

Using the second equation,

V1 = volume of your stock concentration

M1 = concentration of your stock

V2 = volume of your final preparation

M2 = concentration of your final

V1 = (1 M x 1L )/(12M) = 0.083 L = 83ml

Dissolve 83 mL of 12M HCl into 917ml of ddH2O

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18⟩ What is organic chemistry

Organic Chemistry is the chemistry of the compounds of carbon along with other elements such as are found in living organisms and elsewhere.

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