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Because these salts can easily absorb water and become hydrates.

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How are anhydrous salts prepared?

Anhydrous salts prepared by evaporating the water contained in a hydrated salt. However, anhydrous salts are non-electrolytes, meaning they can't pass an electric current.


Are there anhydrous salts in your body?

In the body salts are dissolved in water, blood etc.


When do hydrated salts appear?

When an anhydrous salt retain water in the crystalline structure.


How are hydrated salts different from anhydrous salts?

A hydrated salt has a number of waters of hydration combined to each molecule of salt whereas an anhydrous salt is one that has had its waters of hydration removed. An example of a hydrated salt is nickel sulfate hexahydrate, NiSO4·6H2O. The waters of hydration can be removed by a simple heating, resulting in NiSO4(s) + 6H2O(g).


Sentence with the word anhydrous?

anhydrous is an adjective usually used to describe the properties of certain salts in that they tend to absorb water directly from sufficiently humid air.


What type of connective tissues is hard and has lots of mineral salts?

Bones are hard and contain mineral salts.


Why cap container of anhydrous sodium phosphate?

Caps contains Anhydrous sodium phosphate because this makes the plastic hard. This is used to seal bottles.


Why is it wrong to leave a bottle of anhydrous sodium sulfate or calcium chloride open?

The hydrated forms of these compounds are lower energy thermodynamically than the anhydrous forms. It takes heat energy to drive the water out of these salts to make them anhydrous. If left in the open, the anhydrous forms will take up water from the atmosphere and re-hydrate themselves. This process releases heat energy, so it "runs downhill" energy-wise.


How do things like bath salts help counteract the effects of hard water?

Some bath salts soften hard water.


Can you store anhydrous ammonia in closet in your home?

Not on your life!! You would do best to store it in a locked shed OUTSIDE of your home, never inside your home.


Will an electrical spark cause explosion with 26 anhydrous ammonia?

Yes, an electrical spark can ignite an explosion with anhydrous ammonia as it is a flammable gas. This can occur if the concentration of ammonia in air is within the explosive range. It is important to handle and store anhydrous ammonia carefully to prevent such incidents.


How can anhydrous salt changes into their hydrated salt?

On heating, hydrated salts lose their water of crystallization and as a result, the crystals lose their shape and colour and change to a powdery substance.