Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion [a] and Reason [r]
Question 64 (Textile Engineering & Fibre Science)
Assertion: Citric acid does not produce crosslink on cotton while butane tetra carboxylic acid (BTCA) does
Reason: It is because citric acid is a tricarboxylic acid and can’t produce two anhydride groups which are essential for producing crosslinks
| (A) | [a] is wrong, [r] is correct |
| (B) | [a] is correct, [r] is wrong |
| (C) | [a] is wrong, [r] is wrong |
| (D) | [a] is correct, [r] is correct |
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Option D