Answer: 483 mL of the cleaning solution are used to clean hospital equipment
Explanation:
The question requires us to calculate the volume, in mL, of solution is used to clean hospital equipment, given that 415g of this solution are used and the specific gravity of the solution is 0.860.
Measurements > Density
Specific gravity is defined as the ratio between the density of a given substance to the density of a reference material, such as water:

The density of a substance is defined as the ratio between the mass and the volume of this substance:

Considering the reference substance as water and its density as 1.00 g/mL, we can determine the density of the substance which specific gravity is 0.860:

Thus, taking water as the reference substance, we can say that the density of the cleaning solution is 0.860 g/mL.
Now that we know the density of the cleaning solution (0.860 g/mL) and the mass of solution that is used to clean hospital equipment (415g), we can calculate the volume of solution that is used to clean the equipment:

Therefore, 483 mL of the cleaning solution are used to clean hospital equipment.
To prevent the hydrolysis and to catalyse the reaction.
Explanation:
- Sulphuric acid is the catalyst and also a dehydrating agent in this reaction.
- Sulphuric acid is using in redox reaction because sulphuric acid is providing H+ ions which is necessary for this reaction to occur more quickly, but the sulphate ions from the sulphuric acid barely react during this process. So H2SO4 is adding in this reaction to make it more acidic.
- H2SO4 is preventing hydrolysis by providing excess H+ ions into the reaction. H2SO4 is stable towards the direction of oxidation.
Explanation:
Since liquid isopropanol is a polar liquid and water is also a polar solvent. So, when both of them are added together then according to the like dissolves like principle they get dissolved.
At the molecular level, the polar molecules of isopropanol get attracted towards the polar molecules of water at the surface of water.
As a result, water molecules get surrounded by isopropanol. Thus, water molecules enter the solution and evenly spread into the solution.