Question

By giving example define the following terms: Anhydrous substance

Answer 1

• Substances without water or substances that do not contain water are called anhydrous.
• The word means absence of water.
• The term is most often applied to crystalline substances after the water of crystallization is removed.
• Following are examples of anhydrous substances:
  i) Silica gel is one of the most commonly used anhydrous substances.
  ii) Table salt(NaCl) is an example of anhydrous sodium chloride.