Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements NCERT Solutions | Which of the ores mentioned in Table 6.1

What is the significance of leaching in the extraction of aluminium?

Write down the reactions taking place in different zones in the blast furnace during the extraction of iron.

Copper can be extracted by hydrometallurgy but not zinc. Explain.

Outline the principles of refining of metals by the following methods:

(i) Zone refining

(ii) Electrolytic refining

(iii) Vapour phase refining

Name the common elements present in the anode mud in electrolytic refining of copper. Why are they so present ?

The reaction,

      Cr₂O₃  +  2Al    →    Al₂O₃  + 2Cr            (ΔG_o = -421kJ)

is thermodynamically feasible as is apparent from the Gibbs energy value. Why does it not take place at room temperature?

How can you separate alumina from silica in bauxite ore associated with silica? Give equations, if any.

Why is the extraction of copper from pyrites more difficult than that from its oxide ore through reduction?

Write chemical reactions taking place in the extraction of zinc from zinc blende.

Describe a method for refining nickel.

For the reaction R → P, the concentration of a reactant changes from 0.03 M to 0.02 M in 25 minutes. Calculate the average rate of reaction using units of time both in minutes and seconds.

Write the formulas for the following coordination compounds:

(i) Tetraamminediaquacobalt (III) chloride

(ii) Potassium tetracyanonickelate(II)

(iii) Tris(ethane-1,2-diamine) chromium(III) chloride

(iv) Amminebromidochloridonitrito-N-platinate(II)

(v) Dichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)platinum(IV) nitrate

(vi) Iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II)

(i) Write structures of different isomeric amines corresponding to the molecular formula, C4H11N

(ii) Write IUPAC names of all the isomers.

(iii) What type of isomerism is exhibited by different pairs of amines?

Why are solids rigid?

Write any two characteristics of Chemisorption.

Write the structures of the following compounds.

(i) α-Methoxypropionaldehyde

(ii) 3-Hydroxybutanal

(iii) 2-Hydroxycyclopentane carbaldehyde

(iv) 4-Oxopentanal

(v) Di-sec-butyl ketone

(vi) 4-Fluoroacetophenone

Why are pentahalides more covalent than trihalides?

Silver atom has completely filled d orbitals (4d10) in its ground state. How can you say that it is a transition element?

Glucose or sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or benzene (simple six membered ring compounds) are insoluble in water. Explain.

Write structures of the following compounds:

(i) 2-Chloro-3-methylpentane

(ii) 1-Chloro-4-ethylcyclohexane

(iii) 4-tert. Butyl-3-iodoheptane

(iv) 1,4-Dibromobut-2-ene

(v) 1-Bromo-4-sec. butyl-2-methylbenzene

Boiling point of water at 750 mm Hg is 99.63°C. How much sucrose is to be added to 500 g of water such that it boils at 100°C.Molal elevation constant for water is 0.52 K kg mol^-1.

Why is sulphuric acid not used during the reaction of alcohols with KI?

Write the formulas for the following coordination compounds:

(i) Tetraamminediaquacobalt (III) chloride

(ii) Potassium tetracyanonickelate(II)

(iii) Tris(ethane-1,2-diamine) chromium(III) chloride

(iv) Amminebromidochloridonitrito-N-platinate(II)

(v) Dichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)platinum(IV) nitrate

(vi) Iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II)

Give the IUPAC names of the following compounds:

(i) PhCH₂CH₂COOH         (ii) (CH₃)₂C=CHCOOH

(iii)             (iv)

100 g of liquid A (molar mass 140 g mol^-1) was dissolved in 1000 g of liquid B (molar mass 180 g mol^-1). The vapour pressure of pure liquid B was found to be 500 torr. Calculate the vapour pressure of pure liquid A and its vapour pressure in the solution if the total vapour pressure of the solution is 475 Torr.

Silver atom has completely filled d orbitals (4d10) in its ground state. How can you say that it is a transition element?

Write reactions of the final alkylation product of aniline with excess of methyl iodide in the presence of sodium carbonate solution.

Predict the number of unpaired electrons in the square planar [Pt(CN)₄]^2- ion.

Give two examples to show the anomalous behaviour of fluorine.

A solution of glucose in water is labelled as 10% w/w, what would be the molality and mole fraction of each component in the solution? If the density of solution is 1.2 g mL^-1, then what shall be the molarity of the solution?