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34.
In which of the following pairs, the two substances forming the pair are chemically most dissimilar?
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Chandan said:
8 years ago
-> Sugar and Paper are both Carbohydrates.
-> Paraffin wax is a white to colourless soft solid derived from petroleum coal and is mixture of hydrocarbon molecules whereas Butter is lipid/fat.
-> Chalk and Marble are CaCO3.
-> Charcoal and Diamonds are allotropes of Carbon.
All other have similar composition except the answer pair.
-> Paraffin wax is a white to colourless soft solid derived from petroleum coal and is mixture of hydrocarbon molecules whereas Butter is lipid/fat.
-> Chalk and Marble are CaCO3.
-> Charcoal and Diamonds are allotropes of Carbon.
All other have similar composition except the answer pair.
SHUVAM SAR said:
4 years ago
Butter is an unsaturated compound or an olefin in contrast to wax which is a saturated compound. So butter will show more reactivity for reactants. As such, they show different chemical nature.
AMIT said:
1 decade ago
Sugar and paper originates from plant and tree, means carbon.
Chalk and marble from calcium.
Charcoal and diamond different form of carbon.
Chalk and marble from calcium.
Charcoal and diamond different form of carbon.
Madhu said:
1 decade ago
Butter is made from milk. Whereas paraffin wax is extracetd from petroleum. Hence butter and parffin wax are most dissimilar.
Lloyd said:
1 decade ago
Paper and sugar have glucose as the basic unit, chalk and marble is calcium carbonate, charcoal and diamond both have carbon.
Varshini said:
8 years ago
What is meant by paraffin wax? where it is available?
What is the use of this?
What is the use of this?
Saurabh Nigam said:
1 decade ago
Butter reduce the friction, whether the Paraffin work as a friction sustain.
Amar said:
1 decade ago
Paraffin is substance of butter.
Lucky lxman said:
9 years ago
What is ment by praffen wax?
Vaishu said:
1 decade ago
i want correct explaination
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