Sand and naphthalene balls were heated together in a china dish. The substance left in the china dish after heating will be:
A
naphthalene
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B
sand and naphthalene
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C
only sand
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D
nothing will be left
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Solution
The correct option is C only sand When mixture of sand and naphthalene is heated, naphthalene undergoes sublimation and hence is converted to gas and collected by a cotton ball. Thus the residue left is sand only.