Question 1 Report
(a) (i) What is meant by hardness of water?
(ii) Describe briefly how you would determine what proportion of hardness in a given sample of water is due to permanent hardness.
(iii) Give two reasons why hardness of water is an undesirable property.
(b) State the:
(i) reagents;
(ii) conditions for the laboratory preparation of trioxonitrate (V) acid.
(iii) How does concentrated trioxonitrate (V) acid reacts with:
(I) sulphur;
(II) aluminium.
(c) Name one amphoteric oxide.