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Which of the following is not a common use of minerals?

a. Fire wood
b. Soda can
c. Table salt
d. Toothpaste

User Nan Jiang
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A, fire wood. Fire wood is organic, while the other substances are inorganic which classify as minerals.
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Answer: The correct answer is option(a).

Step-by-step explanation:

Fire wood : Woods which are used to create fires. A wood is composed up of carbon , hydrogen and oxygen atoms that means it an organic substance.

Generally Soda cans are made up inorganic element known as aluminium which is extracted from the bauxite ore of an aluminium. Bauxite is a naturally occurring rock which contains high percentage of aluminium

Table salt which made up sodium and chlorine ions are purified form of halite mineral composed of sodium and chlorine.

Toothpaste is a mild base used for brushing teeth which contains fluorides and chlorides ions. Fluorides are the components of fluorite, cryolite etc. whereas chlorides is component of many minerals like halite, carnallite etc.

From the given options fire wood is not an common use of minerals.

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