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Why is diamond used for making cutting tools (like glass cutters) but graphite is not?

Important Questions on Carbon And its Compounds

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Why is graphite used for making dry cell electrodes but diamond is not?
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Give the general formula of an alkane.

A=CnH2nB=CnH2n-2 C=CnH2n+2.

Enter your correct answer as A, B or C.

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Give the general formula of an alkene.

A=CnH2nB=CnH2n-2 C=CnH2n+2.

Enter your correct answer as A, B or C.

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Give the general formula of an alkyne.

A=CnH2nB=CnH2n-2 C=CnH2n+2.

Enter your correct answer as A, B or C.

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Classify the following compounds as alkanes, alkenes and alkynes:
C2H4,C3H4,C4H8,C5H12,C5H8,C3H8,C6H6
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Friedrich Wohler converted an inorganic compound into an organic compound in the laboratory.
(i) Give the name and formula of the inorganic compound.
(ii) Write the name and formula of the organic compound formed.
Also, Give the molecular formula of butane and mention the names of its two isomers. Name one fuel which contains both these isomers

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Give IUPAC names and formulae of an organic compound containing single bonds and the other containing a triple bond.
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Which of the following is the molecular formula of benzene?
A; C6H6B; C6H10C; C6H12

Enter your correct answer as A, B or C.