Give two examples for each of the following:

$(c)$ . Drying agents

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Solution

Drying agents are those substances which remove moisture from other substances without chemically reacting with them.

The two examples of Drying agents are
$(i)$ Concentrated Sulphuric acid $(H_{2} S O_{4})$
$(i i)$ Quicklime $(C a O)$

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