What is dambar Goli?

What is dambar Goli?

Nagpur: Experimenting with desi techniques to prevent crop depredation by wild animals, farmers of Parda in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha, 70km from here, have hit upon a success story by using naphthalene balls, popularly known as ‘dambar goli’. “Earlier, I used naphthalene (moth) balls to keep rodents away.

What is Kapoor ki Goli in English?

Naphthalene Balls are moth free balls, also known as “Kapoor ki goli” and are best suited to protect your clothes and woollens from moth.

What are the uses of naphthalene?

Naphthalene is an aromatic hydrocarbon found in coal tar or crude oil. Naphthalene is used in the manufacture of plastics, resins, fuels, and dyes. It is also used as a fumigant insecticide that works by turning directly from a solid into a toxic vapor. This process is called sublimation.

What will happen if heat is given to naphthalene balls?

If heat is then added to naphthalene, it will melt until it reaches 80o C and it will stay at that temperature until melting is complete. This would be the melting point of naphthalene.

What will happen if we heat naphthalene balls?

When heated at 80 °C, napthalene rapidly sublimes directly from a solid into a gas, eventually leaving nothing remaining in the crucible. On cool surfaces, the gaseous naphthalene will re-solidify to form needle-like crystals. This process is a method of purifying napthalene, and other substances which sublime.

Is Kapoor a caste?

Kapoor also spelt as Kapur is a Hindu surname that originated with the Punjabi Khatri (Kshatriya) community and the sub-caste of North India.

Is Kapur good for hair?

Camphor is proven to be good for your hair, and there should be no reason to be concerned about applying it. In addition, its antibacterial and antifungal properties make it effective to fight dandruff, reduce hair fall. Camphor is also known to moisturize a dry scalp.

Is naphthalene cancerous?

EPA has classified naphthalene as a Group C, possible human carcinogen.

Why do we put the naphthalene in a water bath?

In the heating of naphthalene, a water bath is used instead of direct heating. This is to ensure that an even heating process is carried out. In the cooling of naphthalene, the boiling tube containing the liquid naphthalene is cooled inside a conical flask. This is to ensure that an even cooling process is carried out.