Question

Which one of the following materials is affected by hydration process?
a. Granite
b. Clay
c. Quartz
d. Salts.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Salts is the material affected by hydration processes.

Answer 2

Salt in the following materials is affected by the hydration process. (Option d) and it is due to the following reasons:

• A hydration reaction is a reaction in which a substance combines with water.
• Moreover, in organic chemistry, water is added to an unsaturated substrate and usually an alkene or an alkyne.
• However, this type of reaction is employed industrially to produce ethanol, isopropanol, butan-2-ol, etc.
• Salt hydration is a complex process where mass and heat are transferred by the exothermic binding of water.
• The typical volume expansion is 50% as too drastic changes in the crystal structure of the Salts.
• Also, the crystalline structure of salt is loose to bind to water molecules and become hydrated easily.

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