uses for salts

Best of all the methods of resolution, Pasteur was again the first to use this in 1858. The principle is - "The conversion of the active constituents of the racemic mixture into Diastereomers (salts) of another optically active or base."..

Silver salt method is used for determining the molecular masses of carboxylic acids. This method is based on the fact that they form insoluble silver salts, which upon heating decompose to leave a residue of metallic silve..

Summary - Acidic substances generate H + ions in the medium, while basic ones liberate OH - ions in the medium Certain dyes are used as indicators to detect the presence of acids and bases Strength of an acid depends on the concentration of hydronium ions present in a solution. Greater th..

Introduction - Acids, bases and salts are three main categories of chemical compounds. These have certain definite properties which distinguish one class from the other. The sour taste of many fruits and vegetables, lemon for instance, is due to various types of acids present in them. The..

Aryl diazonium salts constitute intermediates that can be used to synthesis many classes of organic compounds especially aryl halides in the pure stat..

1) Ammonium carbonate is used as a smelling salt. 2) It is used in baking power. 3) It finds use in dyeing industry. 4) It is used as a laboratory reage..

Potassium nitrate is used in the preparation of gun powder (mixture of charcoal, sulphur and potassium nitrate) and other explosives. When gun powder is ignited, it explodes. It is also used in salting and pickling of meats, to which it imparts a red color. It i..

1) The ammonium chloride salt is used for cleaning metal surfaces before soldering, tinning etc. The metal is first heated and rubbed with ammonium chloride. The ammonia formed removes grease, oil etc. and the hydrogen chloride removes the oxides of metals. 2) Ammonium chloride..

1. Calcium hydroxide is used in the preparation of lime water. Lime water is a saturated solution of calcium hydroxide in water. 2. It is used to make milk of lime for white washing. When a small quantity of water is mixed with slaked lime, milk of lime paste is formed. It is ..

Following are the chief uses of ammonia: 1) Ammonia is used in the industrial preparation of nitric acid by Ostwald's process. 2) Fertilisers, such as ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, urea etc. are manufactured with the help of ammonia. 3) It is used..