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What is the role of the dessicant in dessicator?
Desiccants are substances that have an affinity for water and will rapidly absorb any moisture from the atmosphere around it.
What 2 substances do most plants absorb?
Two important substances that enter a plant through the roots would be nutrients and water. Water is extremely important for the plant to be able to make food.
What is the difference between deliquesent and efflorescent compounds?
efflorescent substances are substances which looses moisture partly or completely to the atmosphere and changes in to amorphous powder. deliquecent substances are substances which absorb moisture from the atmosphere and turn into a saturated solution.
How fast does a flower absorb water?
When a flower is cut and put in water, it can take up to an hour for the flower to properly absorb water. The ageing of the flower makes it absorb water at a slower pace.
Does mud absorb water?
Mud does absorb water.
What substances does the lower intestine absorb?
water
What substances are absorb by the body through osmosis?
Water
What are hygroscopic substances and what are they used for?
Hygroscopic substances can absorb water easily; they are used for the drying other substances or to extract water from boxes, containers, packagings, etc.
Which substances absorb in the large intestine?
Any more water or mineral left in the food.
What is hydroscopic water?
Hydroscopic water refers to water that is condensed at a solid surface. This type of water has substances that have the ability to absorb moisture from the atmosphere.
The skin has the ability to absorb A mineral oils B chemical substances C water D aqueous creams?
b. chemical substances
What are hygroscopic substances?
Substances which absorb moisture from atmosphere without dissolving in it are - HYGROSCOPIC substances. They are used as "drying agents". ex: CaO, ethyl alcohol, concentrated sulphuric acid.
What is the role of the dessicant in dessicator?
Desiccants are substances that have an affinity for water and will rapidly absorb any moisture from the atmosphere around it.
What 2 substances do most plants absorb?
Two important substances that enter a plant through the roots would be nutrients and water. Water is extremely important for the plant to be able to make food.
Why does cat litter absorb water?
Because it's made of a porous material. Porous substances have microscopic spaces in them - the water simply fills these spaces.
Why does Clay absorb water better than topsoil and Sand?
It doesn't. Topsoil absorbs water better than sand and clay.
Can food be digested in the anus?
The anus is merely a sphincter, it cannot digest or absorb anything. It is possible to introduce substances through the anus into the large intestine, which does have the capacity to absorb water or substances dissolved in water; it does not have the capacity to digest anything, however. Digestion takes place in the stomach and the small intestines, not in the large intestines.
