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GK QUESTION#3273

Dry ice, ammonium chloride, naphthalene balls and camphor, all these compounds are an example of:

  1. ASublimable substancesCorrect answer
  2. BCooling agents
  3. CInflammable substances
  4. DSolidifying agents
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A. Sublimable substances

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These are standard textbook examples of substances that pass from a solid to a vapour on heating. Dry ice, naphthalene and camphor undergo sublimation. Heated ammonium chloride also dissociates into ammonia and hydrogen chloride, which recombine on cooling; school texts commonly include this in sublimation demonstrations.

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