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Silver iodide is used for producing artificial rains because $AgI$:

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  1. is easy to spray at high altitude

  2. is insoluble in water

  3. is easy to synthesize

  4. has crystals similar to ice

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Solid silver iodide is preferred as a nucleator for artificially stimulated rain because its crystal lattice parameters are close to those of ice, and for that reason are more effective than other salts in causing small ice crystals in clouds to melt.

To stop bleeding from an injury ferric chloride can be applied
Which comment about the statement is justified?

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  1. It is not true, ferric chloride is a poison

  2. It is true, ${Fe}^{3+}$ ions coagulate blood which is negatively charged sol

  3. It is not true, ${Cl}^{-}$ ions from positively charged sol, profuse bleeding takes place

  4. It is true, coagulation takes place because of formation of negatively charged sol with ${Cl}^{-}$ ions.

  5. It is not true, ferric chloride is ionic and gets into blood stream

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To stop bleeding from an injury, Ferric chloride can be applied because of the following reason:

(A) $Fe^{3+}$ ions coagulate blood which is a negatively charged solution
(B) $Cl^−$ ions coagulate blood which is a positively charged solution

Blood being a colloidal solution, its coagulation by Hardy-Shuze's law states " Higher the charge on cation higher will be its efficiency to coagulate the colloidal solution" . Thus Option B is correct.