Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Polymers NCERT Solutions | How do you explain the functionality of

Write the names and structures of the monomers of the following polymers:

(i) Buna-S  (ii) Buna-N

(iii) Dacron  (iv) Neoprene

What is a biodegradable polymer? Give an example of a biodegradable aliphatic polyester.

Arrange the following polymers in increasing order of their intermolecular forces.
(i) Nylon 6, 6, Buna-S, Polythene.
(ii) Nylon 6, Neoprene, Polyvinyl chloride.

Explain the difference between Buna-N and Buna-S.

How are polymers classified on the basis of structure?

Define thermoplastics and thermosetting polymers with two examples of each.

Explain the term copolymerisation and give two examples.

Write the monomers used for getting the following polymers. (i) Polyvinyl chloride (ii) Teflon (iii) Bakelite

Identify the monomer in the following polymeric structures.

(i)

(ii)

What are the monomeric repeating units of Nylon-6 and Nylon-6, 6?

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

Which of the ores mentioned in Table 6.1 can be concentrated by magnetic separation method?

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.

If the solubility product of CuS is 6 x 10^-16, calculate the maximum molarity of CuS in aqueous solution.

What is the difference between physisorption and chemisorption?

What is glycogen? How is it different from starch?

Write the reactions of (i) aromatic and (ii) aliphatic primary amines with nitrous acid.

Calculate the half-life of a first order reaction from their rate constants given below:

(i) 200 s^-1

(ii) 2 min^-1

(iii) 4 years^-1

Write equations of the following reactions:

(i) Friedel-Crafts reaction-alkylation of anisole.

(ii) Nitration of anisole.

(iii) Bromination of anisole in ethanoic acid medium.

(iv) Friedel-Craft's acetylation of anisole.

Write two uses of ClO₂.

Write IUPAC names of the following compounds and classify them into primary,secondary and tertiary amines.

(i) (CH₃)₂ CHNH₂

(ii) CH₃(CH₂)₂NH₂

(iii) CH₃NHCH(CH₃)₂

(iv) (CH₃)₃CNH₂

(v) C₆H₅NHCH₃

(vi) (CH₃CH₂)₂NCH₃

(vii) m-BrC₆H₄NH₂

Use Hund's rule to derive the electronic configuration of Ce³⁺ ion and calculate its magnetic moment on the basis of 'spin-only' formula.

Why does physisorption decrease with the increase of temperature