ICSE Class 10 Answered
Organic compound |
Inorganic compound |
1. Presence of carbon: Carbon is a necessary element in every organic compound. |
1. Carbon is not an essential element in inorganic compounds. |
2. Solubility in water: They generally do not dissolve in water. |
2. They generally dissolve in water. |
3. Solubility in the organic solvents: They dissolve in organic solvents like alcohol, benzene and chloroform. |
3. All inorganic compounds do not dissolve in organic solvents. |
4. Melting and boiling point: They have low m.p. and b.p. and easily decompose on heating. |
4. They have high m.p. and b.p. and usually do not decompose on heating. |
5. Combustibilty: They are inflammable that is they catch fire easily. |
5.They do not burn easily. |
6. Bonding: They form covalent bonds. |
6. Most of them form ionic bonds. |
7. Conductivity: They are non-electrolytes. |
7. Only those that form ionic bonds are good electrolytes. |
8. Isomerism: They show the phenomenon of isomerism. |
8. No such phenomenon is shown by inorganic compounds. |
9. Reactions: Molecular reactions are slow, due to the presence of linkages. These reactions never proceed to completion. |
9. Reactions are fast if ionic and slow if covalent in nature. |
Write any four differences.