Drying and Dehydrating Agents
Drying and Dehydrating Agents: Overview
This topic sheds light on drying and dehydrating agents. It tells us that dehydrating agents remove water which is chemically bound to a substance while drying agent removes moisture from other substances.
Important Questions on Drying and Dehydrating Agents


What are desiccating agents or drying agents. Give some examples of it.

Which property makes calcium oxide a suitable drying agent?

What is the difference between drying and dehydrating agents?

Why is concentrated sulfuric acid not used for drying hydrogen sulfide gas?

Which of the following is used to dry carbon dioxide gas?

Which drying agent is used to dry hydrogen gas?

Why is phosphorus pentoxide considered an effective dehydrating agent?

Which dehydrating agent is used to dehydrate ethanol to form ethene?

What is the role of silica gel as a drying agent?

Which drying agent is used to dry chlorine gas?

What happens when sulfuric acid is added to sugar?

Which of the following is used to dry acidic gases?

Why can sulfuric acid not be used to dry ammonia gas?

Which drying agent is commonly used to dry ammonia gas?

Why is concentrated sulfuric acid used as a dehydrating agent?

Which of the following is a dehydrating agent?


Which of the following is a commonly used drying agent?
