pBlock ElementsII - Result Question 104
####101. Explain the following in one or two sentences.
(i) Magnesium oxide is used for the lining of steel making furnace.
(ii) The mixture of hydrazine and hydrogen peroxide with a copper (II) catalyst is used as a rocket fuel.
(iii) Orthophosphorous acid is not tribasic acid.
(iv) The molecule of magnesium chloride is linear, whereas that of stannous chloride is angular.
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Solution:
- (i)
is used for the lining of steel making furnace because it forms slag with impurities, and thus helps in removing them from iron.
(ii) The mixture of
(iii) In orthophosphorus acid
(Only
(iv) In