general science
- The purest form of iron is wrought iron .
- Graphite is used as a lubricant .
- Ammonia gases is lighter than air .
- Hydrogen is the lightest gas .
- Alnico alloys is used for making magnets .
- Heavy water is deuterium oxide .
- Caustic soda is NaOH .
- Non stick cooking utensils are coated with teflon .
- The chemical name for urea is carbamide .
- Mica is a bad conductor of electricity but a good conductor of heat .
- Graphite is used in pencils .
- Bleaching powder is made from lime and chlorine .
- Water has maximum density at 4 degree celsius .
- The metal using in storage batteries is lead .
- Sodium metal is kept under kerosene .
- An alloy used in making heating elements for electric heating devices is nichrome .
- German silver is an alloy of zinc, copper and nickel .
- Diamond is an allotropic form of carbon .
- Sea water is the best conductor of electricity .
- Balloons are filled with helium .
- The gas used to extinguish fire, is carbon dioxide .
- The element common to all acids is hydrogen .
- Gobar gas contains mainly methane .
- Sulphur is used in beauty parlours for hair setting .
- Nitrous oxide is laughing gas .
- Red phosphorous is used in safety matches .
- Stainless steel is an alloy of iron, chromium and nickel ..
- Copper metals was first discovered by man .
- Marsh gas is methane .
- Galvanised iron sheet have a coating of zinc .
- Titanium is called a strategic metal .
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists of mainly methane, butane and propane .
- Soda water contains carbon dioxide .
- The element required for solar energy conversion is silicon .
- The hardest substance available on earth is Diamond .
- The ratio of pure gold in 18 carat gold is 75% .
- The element found on the surface of the moon is titanium .
- The main constituents of pearls are calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate .
- The inert gas which is substituted for nitrogen in the air, used by deep sea divers breathing, is helium .
- Mesons are found in Cosmic rays .
- Red colour in the visible spectrum has maximum range .
- Quartz crystals normally used in quartz clocks etc. is chemically silicon dioxide .
- The gas that usually causes explosions in coal mines is methane .
- In fireworks, the green flame is produced because of barium .
- Plutonium-239 is a good nuclear fuel .
- Long distance photography is facilitated by Infrared rays .
- Liquid sodium is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors .
- Atoms bomb is based on the principle of nuclear fusion and nuclear fission .
- Atoms are composed of electrons and nuclei .
- One horse power is equal to 746 watts .
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