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Formic acid is also known as methanoic acid (HCOOH). It is an organic compound found naturally in the stings of red ants, bees, scorpions, and wasps. When an ant (especially a red ant) stings, it causes intense burning. This burning is due to formic acid itself.
Bee stings contain acidic liquid, which is made up of formic acid.
Carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) has no dipole moment due to its regular tetrahedral structure.
Arsenic has the highest electronegativity compared to gallium, sodium, and cesium. The electronegativity of arsenic is 2.18, that of cesium and sodium is 0.79 and 0.93 respectively, and that of gallium is 1.81.
Carbon is not included in the group of inert gases. The inert gas is known as the noble gas, which includes the following elements - Helium (He), Neon (Ne), Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr), Xenon (Xe), Radon (Rn), etc.
Leaching is the process in which minerals and other nutrients leak from the topsoil (the top layer of the soil) to the lower layers by the soil water.
