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The coagulation of 100ml of colloidal solution of gold is completely prevented by addition of 0.25g of a substance of X to it before adding 1ml of 10% NaCl solution. the gold number of "X" is-
Options:
A .  0.25
B .  25
C .  250
D .  2.5
Answer: Option B
:
B
250 mg of X prevents coagulation of 100 ml of colloidal sol of gold. By definition gold number of X is taht amount of it in mg which prevents coagulation of 10 ml of colloidal gold sol. Hence, to prevent coagulation of 10ml of gold sol, the amount of X required =25 mg, which is the gold number of X.

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