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Why is ferric chloride solution used to stop bleeding from a wound?


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Ferric chloride solution is used to stop bleeding from a wound because:

(1)Blood is a colloidal solution.

(ii)Ferric chlorideFeCl3 is a chemical agent and a strong coagulant.

(iii)Blood contains colloidal impurities and FeCl3neutralizes the charge on these colloidal impurities and precipitation occurs.


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