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Hydrocarbons

'' Hydrocarbons are important sources of energy.'' The term ' hydrocarbon' is self- explanatory which means compounds of carbon and hydrogen only. Hydrocarbons play a key 🗝️ role in our daily life. You must be familiar with the term 'LPG' and 'CNG'…

Particulate Pollutants

Particulates Pollutants are the minute solid particles or liquid droplets in air. These are present in vehicle emission, smoke particles from fires, dust particles and ash from industries. Particulate in the atmosphere may be viable or non- viable.  The viable particulates e.g., bacteri…

Environment Chemistry

''The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.'' Environment studies deal with the sum of all social, economical, biological, physical and chemical interrelations with our surroundings. I…

Gels

A gel is a jelly colloidal system in which a liquid is dispersed in a solid medium. For example, when a warm sol of gelatin is cooled, it sets to a semisolid mass which is s gel. The process of a gel formation is known as Gelation. Explanation: Gelation may be through of as partial coagul…

Measurement of the Heat of Reaction

The experimental measurement of the heat of reaction or enthalpy change is known as colarimetry. The name evidently finds its origin in the unit of heat- the -caloric. The heat given out or absorbed in a chemical reaction is measured in a suitable apparatus called a calorimeter. These c…