Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Wet cotton clothes made of cellulose based carbohydrate takes comparatively longer time to get dried than wet nylon polymer based clothes.
Statement II : Intermolecular hydrogen bonding with water molecule is more in nylon-based clothes than in the case of cotton clothes.
In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
Select the correct option:
A
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
B
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
C
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
D
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
✓ Correct! Well done.
✗ Incorrect. Try again or view the solution.
Solution
Cellulose derivcative has more number of hydroxy groups, so more H-bonding is present with water in cellulose derivatives cotton cloths.
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