The approximate composition of ordinary glass is given by the formula, Na2O. CaO.6SiO2. The raw materials required for the manufacture of ordinary glass are sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate...
Cement was first discovered by an English brick layer named Joseph Aspdin in 1824. He called it Portland cement for the reason that the cement he discovered resembled...
Plaster of Paris is calcium sulphate hemihydrate. The formula is given as, CaSO4 . 1/2H2O or (2 CaSO4) . H2O. The powder is called plaster of Paris, because...
Bleaching powder is chemically, calcium oxychloride (CaOCl2). Bleaching powder is manufactured using Backmann’s plant in which slack lime and Chlorine are made to react to create Bleaching Powder....
Sodium Bicarbonate NaHCO3 is known as baking soda. It is also manufactured by Solvay process. In Laboratory, it can be prepared by saturating aqueous solution of sodium carbonate...
On heating, washing soda gives anhydrous sodium carbonate called soda ash. Na2CO3 . 10H2O →Na2CO3 + 10H2O Major applications: Sodium carbonate is used In the manufacture of paper,...
Washing soda is sodium carbonate decahydrate, Na2CO3.10H2O. Sodium carbonate was made from the ash of sea weeds, once upon a time. It was also found to occur as...
Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of some long chain carboxylic acids. Sodium salts of fatty acids are known as hard soaps and potassium salts of fatty acids...
Soaps Detergents Soaps are sodium salts of long chain fatty acids Detergents are sodium salts of sulfonic acids. The ionic part of a soap is -COO- Na+ The...
Carboxylic acids are a class of organic compounds which contain carboxyl group (–COOH) as the functional group. This group is structurally represented as follows: Common names of monocarboxylic...
