Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): In expensive scientific instruments, silica gel is kept in watch-glasses or in semipermeable membrane bags. Reason (R): Silica gel adsorbs moisture from air via adsorption, thus protects the instrument from water corrosion (rusting) and / or prevents malfunctioning. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Question

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): In expensive scientific instruments, silica gel is kept in watch-glasses or in semipermeable membrane bags. Reason (R): Silica gel adsorbs moisture from air via adsorption, thus protects the instrument from water corrosion (rusting) and / or prevents malfunctioning. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) (C) (A) is false but (R) is tirle (D) (A) is true but (R) is false

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Silica gel prevents water corrosion (rusting) and instrument malfunction by adsorbing moisture from the air