Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter Hydrogen NCERT Solutions | What is meant by 'demineralised'

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 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?

Describe the bulk preparation of dihydrogen by electrolytic method. What is the role of an electrolyte in this process?

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?

Calculate the total pressure in a mixture of 8 g of dioxygen and 4 g of dihydrogen confined in a vessel of 1 dm³ at 27°C. R = 0.083 bar dm³ K^–1 mol^–1.

Why does benzene undergo electrophilic substitution reactions easily and nucleophilic substitutions with difficulty?

Use Lewis symbols to show electron transfer between the following atoms to form cations and anions:

(a) K and S (b) Ca and O (c) Al and N.

A mixture of 1.57 mol of N₂, 1.92 mol of H₂ and 8.13 mol of NH₃ is introduced into a 20 L reaction vessel at 500 K. At this temperature, the equilibrium constant, K_c for the reaction N₂ (g) + 3H₂ (g) ↔ 2NH₃ (g) is 1.7 × 10².

Is the reaction mixture at equilibrium? If not, what is the direction of the net reaction?

Calculate the standard enthalpy of formation of CH₃OH(l) from the following data:

CH₃OH (l) + 3/2 O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(l) ;   Δ_rH⁰  = –726 kJ mol^–1

C(g) + O₂(g) → CO₂(g) ;    Δ_cH⁰ = –393 kJ mol^–1

H₂(g) + 1/2 O₂(g) → H₂O(l) ;    Δ_fH⁰ = –286 kJ mol^–1.

Suggest reasons why the B-F bond lengths in BF₃ (130 pm) and BF^-₄(143 pm) differ.

Which of the alkali metal is having least melting point?

(a) Na (b) K (c) Rb (d) Cs

Compare the relative stability of the following species and indicate their magnetic properties:

O₂,O₂⁺,O₂^- (superoxide), O₂^2-(peroxide)

For the following bond cleavages, use curved-arrows to show the electron flow and classify each as homolysis or heterolysis. Identify reactive intermediate produced as free radical, carbocation and carbanion.

For the following equilibrium, K_c = 6.3 × 10¹⁴  at 1000 K

NO (g) + O₃ (g) ↔ NO₂ (g) + O₂ (g)

Both the forward and reverse reactions in the equilibrium are elementary bimolecular reactions. What is K_c, for the reverse reaction?