Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter The p Block Elements NCERT Solutions | When metal X is treated with sodium hydr

What happens when

(a) Borax is heated strongly,

(b) Boric acid is added to water,

(c) Aluminium is treated with dilute NaOH,

(d) BF₃ is reacted with ammonia?

Give reasons:

(i) Conc. HNO₃ can be transported in aluminium container.

(ii) A mixture of dilute NaOH and aluminium pieces is used to open drain.

(iii) Graphite is used as lubricant.

(iv) Diamond is used as an abrasive.

(v) Aluminium alloys are used to make aircraft body.

(vi) Aluminium utensils should not be kept in water overnight.

(vii) Aluminium wire is used to make transmission cables.

Write reactions to justify amphoteric nature of aluminium.

Why does boron trifluoride behave as a Lewis acid?

Discuss the pattern of variation in the oxidation states of
(i) B to Tl and (ii) C to Pb.

Write balanced equations for:

(i) BF₃ + LiH →

(ii) B₂H₆ + H₂O →

(iii) NaH + B₂H₆ →

(iv) H₃BO₃ 

(v) Al + NaOH →

(vi) B₂H₆ + NH₃ →

How can you explain higher stability of BCl₃ as compared to TlCl₃?

A certain salt X, gives the following results.

(i) Its aqueous solution is alkaline to litmus.

(ii) It swells up to a glassy material Yon strong heating.

(iii) When conc. H₂SO₄ is added to a hot solution of X, white crystal of an acid Z separates out.

Write equations for all the above reactions and identify X, Y and Z.

(a) Classify following oxides as neutral, acidic, basic or amphoteric:

CO, B₂O₃, SiO₂, CO2, Al₂O₃, PbO₂, Tl₂O₃

(b) Write suitable chemical equations to show their nature.

Rationalise the given statements and give chemical reactions :

(i) Lead(II) chloride reacts with Cl₂ to give PbCl₄.

(ii) Lead(IV) chloride is highly unstable towards heat.

(iii) Lead is known not to form an iodide, PbI₄.

How do you account for the formation of ethane during chlorination of methane?

What are hybridisation states of each carbon atom in the following compounds ?

(i) CH₂=C=O,

(ii) CH₃CH=CH₂,

(iii) (CH₃)₂CO,

(iv) CH₂=CHCN,

(v) C₆H₆

What will be the minimum pressure required to compress 500 dm³ of air at 1 bar to 200 dm³ at 30°C?

What are the common physical and chemical features of alkali metals?

Calculate the molecular mass of the following:
(i) H₂O
(ii) CO₂
(iii) CH₄

Assign oxidation number to the underlined elements in each of the following species:

(a) NaH₂PO₄

(b) NaHSO₄

(c) H₄P₂O₇

(d) K₂MnO₄

(e) CaO₂

(f) NaBH₄

(g) H₂S₂O₇

(h) KAl(SO₄)₂.12 H₂O

What is the basic theme of organisation in the periodic table?

Explain the formation of a chemical bond.

Choose the correct answer. A thermodynamic state function is a quantity
(i) used to determine heat changes
(ii) whose value is independent of path
(iii) used to determine pressure volume work
(iv) whose value depends on temperature only.

A liquid is in equilibrium with its vapour in a sealed container at a fixed temperature. The volume of the container is suddenly increased.
a) What is the initial effect of the change on vapour pressure?
b) How do rates of evaporation and condensation change initially?
c) What happens when equilibrium is restored finally and what will be the final vapour pressure?

If the velocity of the electron in Bohr’s first orbit is 2.19 × 10⁶ ms^–1, calculate the de Broglie wavelength associated with it.

Calculate the wavelength, frequency and wave number of a light wave whose period is 2.0 × 10^–10 s.

Calculate the pH of the following solutions:

(a) 2 g of TlOH dissolved in water to give 2 litre of solution.

(b) 0.3 g of Ca(OH)₂ dissolved in water to give 500 mL of solution.

(c) 0.3 g of NaOH dissolved in water to give 200 mL of solution.

(d) 1mL of 13.6 M HCl is diluted with water to give 1 litre of solution.

What is the energy in joules, required to shift the electron of the hydrogen atom from the first Bohr orbit to the fifth Bohr orbit and what is the wavelength of the light emitted when the electron returns to the ground state? The ground state electron energy is –2.18 × 10^–11 ergs.

Predict the products of electrolysis in each of the following:

(i) An aqueous solution of AgNO₃ with silver electrodes

(ii) An aqueous solution AgNO₃ with platinum electrodes

(iii) A dilute solution of H₂SO₄ with platinum electrodes

(iv) An aqueous solution of CuCl₂ with platinum electrodes.

Arrange the following set of compounds in order of their decreasing relative reactivity with an electrophile, E⁺

(a) Chlorobenzene, 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene, p-nitrochlorobenzene

(b) Toluene, p-H₃C-C₆H₄-NO₂, p-O₂N-C₆H₄-NO₂.

The ejection of the photoelectron from the silver metal in the photoelectric effect experiment can be stopped by applying the voltage of 0.35 V when the radiation 256.7 nm is used. Calculate the work function for silver metal.

One mole of H₂O and one mole of CO are taken in 10 L vessel and heated to 725 K. At equilibrium 40% of water (by mass) reacts with CO according to the equation,

H₂O (g) + CO (g) ↔  H₂ (g) + CO₂ (g)

Calculate the equilibrium constant for the reaction.

In a reaction A + B2 → AB2 Identify the limiting reagent, if any, in the following reaction mixtures.

(i) 300 atoms of A + 200 molecules of B

(ii) 2 mol A + 3 mol B

(iii) 100 atoms of A + 100 molecules of B

(iv) 5 mol A + 2.5 mol B

(v) 2.5 mol A + 5 mol B

Among the following pairs of orbitals which orbital will experience the larger effective nuclear charge?

(i) 2s and 3s,

(ii) 4d and 4f,

(iii) 3d and 3p