Out of benzene, m-dinitrobenzene and toluene which will undergo nitration most easily and why?

Calculate the amount of carbon dioxide that could be produced when

(i) 1 mole of carbon is burnt in air.

(ii) 1 mole of carbon is burnt in 16 g of dioxygen.

(iii) 2 moles of carbon are burnt in 16 g of dioxygen.

The mass of an electron is 9.1 × 10^–31 kg. If its K.E. is 3.0 × 10^–25 J, calculate its wavelength.

Calculate the wavelength of an electron moving with a velocity of 2.05 × 10⁷ ms^–1.

Calcium carbonate reacts with aqueous HCl to give CaCl₂ and CO₂ according to the reaction,

CaCO_3(s) + 2 HCl_(aq) → CaCl_2(aq) + CO_2(g) + H₂O_(l)

What mass of CaCO₃ is required to react completely with 25 mL of 0.75 M HCl?

Determine the empirical formula of an oxide of iron which has 69.9% iron and 30.1% dioxygen by mass.

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

A sample of drinking water was found to be severely contaminated with chloroform, CHCl₃, supposed to be carcinogenic in nature. The level of contamination was 15 ppm (by mass).

(i) Express this in percent by mass.

(ii) Determine the molality of chloroform in the water sample.

Calculate the mass of sodium acetate (CH₃COONa) required to make 500 mL of 0.375 molar aqueous solution. Molar mass of sodium acetate is 82.0245 g mol^–1

Using s, p, d notations, describe the orbital with the following quantum numbers.

(a) n = 1, l = 0;

(b) n = 3; l =1

(c) n = 4; l = 2;

(d) n = 4; l =3.

Write the general outer electronic configuration of s-, p-, d- and f- block elements.

Calcium carbonate reacts with aqueous HCl to give CaCl₂ and CO₂ according to the reaction,

CaCO_3(s) + 2 HCl_(aq) → CaCl_2(aq) + CO_2(g) + H₂O_(l)

What mass of CaCO₃ is required to react completely with 25 mL of 0.75 M HCl?

At 0°C, the density of a certain oxide of a gas at 2 bar is same as that of dinitrogen at 5 bar. What is the molecular mass of the oxide?

Describe the hybridisation in case of PCl₅. Why are the axial bonds longer as compared to equatorial bonds?

What is the basic difference between the terms electron gain enthalpy and electronegativity?

Comment on the thermodynamic stability of NO(g), given

1/2 N₂(g) + 1/2 O₂(g) → NO(g) ; Δ_rH⁰ = 90 kJ mol^–1

NO(g) + 1/2 O₂(g) → NO₂(g) : Δ_rH⁰= –74 kJ mol^–1

Apart from tetrahedral geometry, another possible geometry for CH₄ is square planar with the four H atoms at the corners of the square and the C atom at its centre. Explain why CH₄ is not square planar?

Pay load is defined as the difference between the mass of displaced air and the mass of the balloon. Calculate the pay load when a balloon of radius 10 m, mass 100 kg is filled with helium at 1.66 bar at 27°C. (Density of air = 1.2 kg m^–3 and R = 0.083 bar dm³ K^–1 mol^–1).

At 700 K, equilibrium constant for the reaction:

H2 (g) + I2 (g) ↔ 2HI (g)

is 54.8. If 0.5 mol L^–1 of HI(g) is present at equilibrium at 700 K, what are the concentration of H₂(g) and I₂(g) assuming that we initially started with HI(g) and allowed it to reach equilibrium at 700K?

Discuss the various reactions that occur in the Solvay process.

Calculate the amount of carbon dioxide that could be produced when

(i) 1 mole of carbon is burnt in air.

(ii) 1 mole of carbon is burnt in 16 g of dioxygen.

(iii) 2 moles of carbon are burnt in 16 g of dioxygen.