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General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS And Various Exams CHEMICAL FORMULAE Part 5

General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS  And Various Exams CHEMICAL FORMULAE Part 5

General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS 

And Various Exams  

(CHEMICAL FORMULAE) 

Part 5


  • 90 elements exist naturally and 25 artificially
  • At room temperature most elements are solids but a number are gases like oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, helium and neon and only two are liquids like mercury and bromine.
  • Gold rarely combine with other metals and fluorine is highly reactive
  • Diamond and graphite are allotropes of carbon
  • Hjeating coal without air produce coke which is used to make steel
  • Bitumen (damber) is used for surfacing roads comes from coal
  • Isotopes are same chemicals but with different physical properties
  • Aircrafts are made of aluminum alloys.
  • Chemical used in bettery cells is electrolyte
  • Sulphuric acid is used in batteries as electrolyte
  • In alkalin battery Anode = Zinc powder mixed with electrolyte and Cathode = manganese compound mixed with electrolyte
  • Anode = negative terminal and Cathode = positive terminal
  • Votalic Pile was the first battery made in 1799
  • Fuel cells make electricity using hydrogen as a fuel
  • Almost all explosives contain nitrogen. Nitrogen compound
  • Ammonia is the starting point of several explosives.
  • Calcium is a metal found in chalk, limestone and marble in the form of Calcium Carbonate
  • Beryllium is used to make cutting tools where it is important to avoid spark
  • Minerals containing beryllium don’t show up on x-rays, and are used for the windows of x-ray machines
  • Magnesium is present in chlorophyll
  • Sulphur dioxide is not an odorless gas
  • Glass is soluble in Aqua Reggie
  • Fuel in an automobile is a mixture of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons
  • Power of alcohol is methyl and petrol
  • Lead is used in batteries
  • The odour of garlic is due to a Sulphuric compound
  • Cabbage contains sulphur
  • The strongest known acid is an 80% solution of antimony pentafluoride in hydrofluoriv acid.
  • Saffron is used to color fabrics. Cochineal red is a dye extracted from insects.
  • Crude oil and natural gas are made mostly from hydrocarbons.
  • When they burn CO2 is released into atmosphere
  • Synthetic fibers are mostly plastics make from petroleum chemicals.
  • Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to increase the alkalinity of the soil
  • BHCC Benzene Hex chloride is used for killing for insects.
  • Opposite of acit is alkali.
  • Pure water has 7 P.H.
  • Cola drinks contain phosphoric acid to give them flavor.
  • Bee stings contain formic acid.
  • People used to treat bee stings by rubbing them with bicarbonate of soda.
  • Acid contains Hydrogen and reacts with metals such as iron and zinc, they give off Hydrogen.
  • Acid turns litmus paper red.