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How would you confirm that a colourless liquid given to you is pure water?

How would you confirm that a colourless liquid given to you is pure water?

Grade:12th pass

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Harshit Singh
askIITians Faculty 5963 Points
3 years ago
Dear Student

By finding the boiling point of a given colourless liquid. If the liquid boils at 100oC at atmospheric pressure, then it is pure water. This is because pure substances have fixed melting and boiling point.

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Shraddha Singh
273 Points
3 years ago
Dear Student,
 
Evaporate the colourless liquid on a low flame. If no residue is left and boiling exactly at 100 ºC, then it is pure water; otherwise, not. The boiling point and freezing point of the water are 100 °C or 373 K and 0 °C or 273 K at one atmosphere of pressure. The boiling point of water varies with atmospheric pressure. When any impurity in water is found, it will change the boiling point of water.
 
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