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Standard XII

Chemistry

Allotropes of Carbon

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Question

_________ amorphous form of carbon is used as electrodes.

Sugar charcoal

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Gas carbon

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Lampblack

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Wood charcoal

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Solution

The correct option is D Gas carbon
Examples of typical materials used for electrodes in analytical chemistry are amorphous carbon, gold, and platinum. The amorphous forms of carbon are charcoal, coal, lamp black, gas carbon, and coke. Thus gas carbon which is an amorphous solid is used as electrodes.

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