What do you understand by the term 'auto-protolysis' of water? What is its significance?
Auto-protolysis (self-ionization) of water is a chemical reaction in which two water molecules react to produce a hydroxide ion (OH-) and a hydronium ion (H3O+).
The reaction involved can be represented as:
Auto-protolysis of water indicates its amphoteric nature i.e., its ability to act as an acid as well as a base. The acid-base reaction can be written as:
Justify the position of hydrogen in the periodic table on the basis of its electronic configuration.
Compare the structures of H2O and H2O2.
Write chemical reactions to show the amphoteric nature of water.
Arrange the following
(i) CaH2, BeH2 and TiH2 in order of increasing electrical conductance.
(ii) LiH, NaH and CsH in order of increasing ionic character.
(iii) H-H, D-D and F-F in order of increasing bond dissociation enthalpy.
(iv) NaH, MgH2 and H2O in order of increasing reducing property.
Discuss the principle and method of softening of hard water by synthetic ion-exchange resins.
What do you understand by the term “non-stoichiometric hydrides”? Do you expect this type of the hydrides to be formed by alkali metals? Justify your answer.
What is meant by 'demineralised' water and how can it be obtained?
What causes the temporary and permanent hardness of water?
How does H2O2 behave as a bleaching agent?
Why does hydrogen occur in a diatomic form rather than in a monoatomic form under normal conditions?
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?
Nitrogen laser produces a radiation at a wavelength of 337.1 nm. If the number of photons emitted is 5.6 × 1024, calculate the power of this laser.
The ionization constant of HF, HCOOH and HCN at 298K are 6.8 × 10–4, 1.8 × 10–4 and 4.8 × 10–9 respectively.
Calculate the ionization constants of the corresponding conjugate base.
Consider the reactions :
2 S2O2– 3 (aq) + I2(s) → S4 O2– 6(aq) + 2I – (aq)
S2O2– 3(aq) + 2Br2(l) + 5 H2O(l) → 2SO2–4(aq) + 4Br–(aq) + 10H+(aq)
Why does the same reductant, thiosulphate react differently with iodine and bromine ?
Calculate the hydrogen ion concentration in the following biological fluids whose pH are given below:
(a) Human muscle-fluid, 6.83
(b) Human stomach fluid, 1.2
(c) Human blood, 7.38
(d) Human saliva, 6.4.
The concentration of hydrogen ion in a sample of soft drink is 3.8 × 10–3 M. what is its pH?
Write the favourable factors for the formation of ionic bond.
Predict the formula of the stable binary compounds that would be formed by the combination of the following pairs of elements. (a) Lithium and oxygen
(b) Magnesium and nitrogen
(c) Aluminium and iodine
(d) Silicon and oxygen
(e) Phosphorus and fluorine
(f) Element 71 and fluorine
Classify the following species into Lewis acids and Lewis bases and show how these act as Lewis acid/base:
(a) OH–
(b) F–
(c) H+
(d) BCl3
Depict the galvanic cell in which the reaction Zn(s) + 2Ag+(aq) → Zn2+(aq) + 2Ag(s) takes place, further show:
(i) which of the electrode is negatively charged,
(ii) the carriers of the current in the cell, and
(iii) individual reaction at each electrode.
What is the pH of 0.001 M aniline solution? The ionization constant of aniline can be taken from Table 7.7. Calculate the degree of ionization of aniline in the solution. Also calculate the ionization constant of the conjugate acid of aniline.