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The coagulation of 100 ml of colloidal solution of gold is completely prevented by addition of 0.25 g of a substance “X” to it before adding 1 ml of 10% NaCl solution. The gold number of “X” is


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0.25

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25

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250

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2.5

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Solution

The correct option is B

25



250 mg of X prevents coagulation of 100 ml of colloidal sol of gold. By definition, gold no. of X is that amount of it in mg which prevents coagulation of 10 ml of colloidal gold sol. Hence, to prevent coagulation of 10 ml of gold sol, the amount of X required = 25 mg, which is the gold number of X.


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