Paper of old books turns to brownish color due to –

1 Answer

Answer :

Oxidation of cellulose

Related questions

Description : After the flower of the dianthus plant blooms and turns brownish can I pinch back old bloom to produce new ones?

Last Answer : Yes! You sure do know your flowering plants!

Description : Why is my urine a brownish/redish color?

Last Answer : Make sure you drink enough water. A healthy person’s urine is relatively clear. If you’re dehydrated, it becomes a darker hue, because the waste has less water to mix with to dilute the colour.

Description : the leaves, on my lucky bamboo plant, is turning a brownish color.

Last Answer : I have a lucky bamboo plant so hopefully this will help. I am thinking you havent changed the water in you plant. My plant is in a simple jar with rocks. Not sure if yours is in dirt or rocks but ... , bring it inside and let it warm up a little. Lucky bamboo do not like cold water. Hope this helps

Description : Why would the Sahara have a brownish color when seen in space?

Last Answer : because shipments are from outside (aalovemusicart)i am a 10-year old

Description : Presence of dissolved impurities of __________ is responsible for the red brownish color of water. (A) Carbonates (B) Bi-carbonates (C) Iron & manganese (D) Arsenic

Last Answer : (C) Iron & manganese

Description : Dry ammonia gas has no action on litmus paper but a solution of ammonia in water turns litmus paper color. Why?

Last Answer : Answer. A solution of ammonia in water produces OH– ions which make the solution basic and turn red litmus paper blue.

Description : The brownish colour of Brown Algae is  due to presence of ...... pigment?

Last Answer : Xanthophyll

Description : My 40 year old azaleas all have small brownish leaves, hard greenish growths on stems and dying, Why ?

Last Answer : Need Answer

Description : An 8-year-old child presented with brownish discoloured and deformed anterior teeth. History of having received an antibiotic about 4 years earlier was obtained. Which antibiotic could be responsible for the condition ? (a) Chloramphenicol (b) Tetracycline (c) Erythromycin (d) Genetamicin

Last Answer : Ans: B

Description : A 28 years old G3 P2 has presented with complaints of brownish vaginal discharge, passage of vesicles and excessive vomiting. Ultrasound scan shows snowstorm appearance in uterus with no fetus. The ... Twin pregnancy. c) Gestational trophoblastic disease. d) Ectopic pregnancy. e) Fibroid uterus.

Last Answer : The answer is most likely (a) a septic abortion, because the young lady is presenting with symptoms of a serious uterine infection that is discoloring her normal uterine disharge due to the presence ... or a passige of vesicles alongside the absence of a fetus on the ultrasound, hence the abortion.

Description : An 8-year-old child presented with brownish discoloured and deformed anterior teeth. History of having received an antibiotic about 4 years earlier was obtained. Which antibiotic could be responsible for the condition: A. Chloramphenicol B. Tetracycline C. Erythromycin D. Gentamicin

Last Answer : Tetracycline

Description : Paper turns yellowish with age due to the presence of the chemical

Last Answer : lignin.

Description : Are rivers in real life brown, greenish brown, brownish green, or kind of clear, but in pictures they're blue and turqouise, etc.?

Last Answer : Well, of course, the green and blue and turquoise are reflecting the sky. Brown rivers have drainage from soil. Such as farming upstream. Clear water will flow eventually anywhere, but particularly of ... plants, but usually the blue-green is a combination of reflected or refracted light and algae.

Description : What is this brownish goo coming from a bathroom faucet?

Last Answer : Sounds like shit. I won’t speculate further.

Description : How to keep the brownish tint in jeans?

Last Answer : Maybe try dry cleaning them. I assume you have already tried washing them in cold water and hanging them up to dry?

Description : The branches of my aloe vera plant seem to be draining and the plant itself is turning orangish brownish, why?

Last Answer : You might be overwatering it. I’ve never watered mine and it’s the only plant I’ve never killed.

Description : why are my basil leaves turning brown with a brownish residue on back that washes off ?

Last Answer : Need Answer

Description : Pyramid cedars planted in early june are now turning a brownish on the outside What could be wrong

Last Answer : Add water, these trees love lots and lots of water, particularly if the climite is hot.

Description : how to treat red larvae, black worms, with brownish mold on lilac trees?

Last Answer : Need Answer

Description : why are my oregano leaves turning brownish/reddish??

Last Answer : Need Answer

Description : why are my bean plants leaves turning brownish white?

Last Answer : Need Answer

Description : pale brownish spots on tomato, basil and clemantis....

Last Answer : Flowers, fruits (tomatoes) and herbs don't all like the same nutrients so the miraclegro my not have been the best for them. However it shouldn't be the cause of the problem. Try snipping off the borwn leaves and see if they perk up.

Description : Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey -Do You Know?

Last Answer : answer:

Description : How many anions evolve brownish gas when treated with dil. /con. HCl ? `(i) CO_(3)^(2-) " " (ii)SO_(3)^(2-) " " (iii) NO_(2)^(-) " " (iv)Cl^(-)` `(v)

Last Answer : How many anions evolve brownish gas when treated with dil. /con. HCl ? `(i) CO_(3)^(2-) " " (ii)SO_(3)^(2-) ... NO_(3)^(-) " " (vii) CH_(3)CO O^(-)`

Description : What does it mean when you cough up light brownish phlegm?

Last Answer : It means you need to see a doctor. Any time you have phlegm thatis colored and not clear or white, you need to see a doctor.

Description : Main symptoms of congenital erythropoietic porphyria is (A) Yellowish teeth (B) Photosensitivity (C) Abdominal pain (D) Brownish urine

Last Answer : Answer : B

Description : What turns tetul blue litmus paper into what ?

Last Answer : Tetul converts blue litmus into red litmus.

Description : A colorless salt gives violet colour to Bunsen flame and also turns moisture litmus paper blue. It is :

Last Answer : A colorless salt gives violet colour to Bunsen flame and also turns moisture litmus paper blue. It is : A. `Na_(2) ... C. `NaNO_(3)` D. `K_(2)CO_(3)`

Description : A gas has smell like rotten egg and turns lead acetate paper black. The gas is :

Last Answer : A gas has smell like rotten egg and turns lead acetate paper black. The gas is : A. `NO_(2)` B. `H_(2)S` C. `CO_(2)` D. `SO_(2)`

Description : Gas X and Gas Y in solution state react to give a turns substance Z. X has unpleasant odour and turns lead acetate paper black. In the first reaction

Last Answer : Gas X and Gas Y in solution state react to give a turns substance Z. X has unpleasant odour and turns lead ... )Orarr` D. `SO_(2)+H_(2)O_(2)rarr`

Description : Gas X and Gas Y in solution state react to give a turns substance Z. X has unpleasant odour and turns lead acetate paper black. In the first reaction

Last Answer : Gas X and Gas Y in solution state react to give a turns substance Z. X has unpleasant odour and turns lead acetate ... 2)` C. `H_(2)S` D. `SO_(3)`

Description : Gas X and Gas Y in solution state react to give a turns substance Z. X has unpleasant odour and turns lead acetate paper black. In the first reaction

Last Answer : Gas X and Gas Y in solution state react to give a turns substance Z. X has unpleasant odour and turns lead acetate ... SO_(2)` D. `SO_(2) and O_(3)`

Description : (i) `KI+H_(2)O+O_(3)rarrA+B+O_(2)` (A turns moist starch paper blue, B turns red litmus blue) (ii) A(dry)`+O_(3)rarrX+O_(2)` What is true about X in t

Last Answer : (i) `KI+H_(2)O+O_(3)rarrA+B+O_(2)` (A turns moist starch paper blue, B turns red litmus blue) ... )` D. Average oxidation state of iodine in X is `+5`

Description : Which of the following turns lead acetate paper black?

Last Answer : Which of the following turns lead acetate paper black? A. `SO_(2)` B. `SO_(3)` C. `H_(2)S` D. `H_(2)SO_(4)`

Description : If a paper moistened with lead acetate for five minutes when placed in manhole turns black. The sewer certainly contains A. Hydrogen sulphide B. Carbon dioxide C. Methane D. Oxygen

Last Answer : ANS: A

Description : Bases turns red litmus paper into?

Last Answer : Blue

Description : Acid turns blue litmus paper to?

Last Answer : Red

Description : Blue Litmus Paper turns _______ on contact with an acidic solution

Last Answer : Red

Description : The inductance of a long solenoid of length 1000 mm wound uniformly with 3000 turns on a cylindrical paper tube of 60 mm diameter is  (A) 3.2 µH (B) 3.2 mH (C) 32.0 mH (D) 3.2 H

Last Answer : The inductance of a long solenoid of length 1000 mm wound uniformly with 3000 turns on a cylindrical paper tube of 60 mm diameter is 32.0 mH

Description : Browning of paper in old books is caused by – (1) frequent use (2) lack of aeration (3) collection of dust (4) oxidation of cellulose

Last Answer : (4) oxidation of cellulose Explanation: Foxing is a term describing the age-related spots and browning seen on vintage paper documents such as books, postage stamps, certificates, and so forth. It ... oxidation of cellulose or the effect on certain papers of the oxidation of iron, copper, etc.

Description : Browning of paper in old books is caused by (1) frequent use (2) lack of aeration (3) collection of dust (4) oxidation of cellulose

Last Answer :  oxidation of cellulose

Description : How is hair color determined and why it turns grey? 

Last Answer : Genes determine hair color by directing the type and amount of pigment that epidermal melanocytes produce. If these cells produce an abundance of melanin, the hair is dark. If an intermediate ... hair (from birth to puberty) is often associated with various medical syndromes, including dyslexia.  

Description : When did books start having paper dust covers?

Last Answer : read this explanation link Early 1800s.

Description : Will you mourn the loss of books made from paper?

Last Answer : There are still billions of paper books already out there, so no I won’t miss them.

Description : I have boxes of books, "33" record albums,high school scrapment and yearbooks. They all have black mold on them from our basement flooding.How and with What do I need to clean the paper products Thank,?

Last Answer : Before you clean the mold off the books, you must kill the mold. Wrap each yearbook securely in a trash bag and put it in the freezer for a couple of days. Remove them one by one as you are prepared ... hot sunny day and let them air out. Set them out with the pages open to give them a good airing.

Description : Are paper books cheaper or more expensive than an electronic book?

Last Answer : If you count the number of paper books you purchase and add the bookshelves or containers to house these books then the cost adds up. However, you can usually by an electronic reader for a flat fee ... , bulk discounts, and free sharing ability. If you can share your files then it is much cheaper.

Description : Book packet may contain a) News papers, publications of all kinds, b) Printed books, paper, parchment c) Cardboard either blank or printed d) All the above

Last Answer : d) All the above

Description : A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives ... turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time? -Riddles

Last Answer : Who said this happened during the night?

Description : Concentrated nitric acid upon long standing turns yellowish-brown due to the formation of :

Last Answer : Concentrated nitric acid upon long standing turns yellowish-brown due to the formation of : A. NO B. `NO_(2)` C. `N_(2)O` D. `N_(2)O_(4)`

Description : Concentrated nitric acid upon long standing turns yellowish-brown due to the formation of :

Last Answer : Concentrated nitric acid upon long standing turns yellowish-brown due to the formation of : A. NO B. `NO_(2)` C. `N_(2)O` D. `N_(2)O_(4)`