Question

While playing basket ball match in the playground of school a student of opposite team player pushed kushagra. He fell down and had a bad cut in his knee and it started bleeding. Shishir immediately brought a bottle of ferric chloride while Sharad brought a bottle of potassium chloride from chemistry lab. After debating for a few seconds, a small amount of ferric chloride was applied to the wound and the bleeding was stopped.
(a) Why is ferric chloride preferred over potassium chloride in case of a cut leading to bleeding?
(b) What values do you attribute to shishir’s and sharad’s concern?

Answer 1

Fecl3 is strong coagulant Than kcl. This Is Bcz valency Of Iron is 3 and Potassium 1. fecl3 is more compatible on skin than kcl