Agar is well suited as a solidifying agent because

A. it has been melted in boiling water

B. it can be cooled to about 40 to 42°C before hardening

C. it will not melt again until the temperature rises to about 80 to 90°C.

D. most microorganisms cannot degrade it.

#Question id: 390

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What are the properties arising due to varying concentrations of solute in a given solvent, irrespective of the nature of solute with respect to the solvent?

#Question id: 391

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In a hospital laboratory, a 10.0 mL sample of gastric juice, obtained several hours after a meal, was titrated with 0.1 M NaOH to neutrality; 7.2 mL of NaOH was required. The patient’s stomach contained no ingested food or drink, thus assume that no buffers were present. What was the pH of the gastric juice?

#Question id: 392

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When an ionic compound such as sodium chloride (NaCl) is placed in water, the component atoms of the NaCl crystal dissociate into individual sodium ions (Na+) and chloride ions (Cl-). In contrast, the atoms of covalently bonded molecules (e.g., glucose, sucrose, glycerol) do not generally dissociate when placed in aqueous solution. Which of the following solutions would be expected to contain the greatest number of solute particles (molecules or ions)?

#Question id: 394

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What will be the H+ ion concentration in a solution prepared by mixing 50.0 mL of 0.20 M NaCl, 25 mL of 0.10M NaOH and 25.0 mL of 0.30M HCl?

#Question id: 395

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How would acidification of seawater affect marine organisms? Acidification of seawater would ________.

#Question id: 399

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Calculate the pH of a 1 L solution containing 0.100 M formic acid and 0.100 M sodium formate before and after the addition of 1.00 mL of 5.00 M NaOH. How much would the pH change if the NaOH were added to 1.00 L of pure water? (pKa for formic acid is 3.75)