Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Surface Chemistry NCERT Solutions | Explain the terms with suitable examples

Explain what is observed

(i) When a beam of light is passed through a colloidal sol.

(ii) An electrolyte, NaCl is added to hydrated ferric oxide sol.

(iii) Electric current is passed through a colloidal sol?

Why is adsorption always exothermic?

What do you mean by activity and selectivity of catalysts?

What modification can you suggest in the Hardy-Schulze law?

Explain the following terms:

(i) Electrophoresis

(ii) Coagulation

(iii) Dialysis

(iv) Tyndall effect.

What is an adsorption isotherm? Describe Freundlich adsorption isotherm.

How are colloids classified on the basis of

(i) Physical states of components

(ii) Nature of dispersion medium and

(iii) Interaction between dispersed phase and dispersion medium?

Discuss the effect of pressure and temperature on the adsorption of gases on solids.

Why does physisorption decrease with the increase of temperature

What are the factors which influence the adsorption of a gas on a solid?

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 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.

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

How is leaching carried out in case of low grade copper ores?

Explain why Cu⁺ ion is not stable in aqueous solutions?

Explain why propanol has higher boiling point than that of the hydrocarbon, butane?

Is it true that under certain conditions, Mg can reduce SiO₂ and Si can reduce MgO? What are those conditions?

Define conductivity and molar conductivity for the solution of an electrolyte. Discuss their variation with concentration.

Calculate the potential of hydrogen electrode in contact with a solution whose pH is 10.

The experimental data for decomposition of N₂O₅

[2N₂O₅ → 4NO₂ + O₂]

in gas phase at 318K are given below:

(i) Plot [N₂O₅] against t.

(ii) Find the half-life period for the reaction.

(iii) Draw a graph between log[N₂O₅] and t.

(iv) What is the rate law ?

(v) Calculate the rate constant.

(vi) Calculate the half-life period from k and compare it with (ii).

How the following conversions can be carried out?

(i) Propene to propan-1-ol

(ii) Ethanol to but-1-yne

(iii) 1-Bromopropane to 2-bromopropane

(iv) Toluene to benzyl alcohol

(v) Benzene to 4-bromonitrobenzene

(vi) Benzyl alcohol to 2-phenylethanoic acid

(vii) Ethanol to propanenitrile

(viii) Aniline to chlorobenzene

(ix) 2-Chlorobutane to 3, 4-dimethylhexane

(x) 2-Methyl-1-propene to 2-chloro-2-methylpropane

(xi) Ethyl chloride to propanoic acid

(xii) But-1-ene to n-butyliodide

(xiii) 2-Chloropropane to 1-propanol

(xiv) Isopropyl alcohol to iodoform

(xv) Chlorobenzene to p-nitrophenol

(xvi) 2-Bromopropane to 1-bromopropane

(xvii) Chloroethane to butane

(xviii) Benzene to diphenyl

(xix) tert-Butyl bromide to isobutyl bromide

(xx) Aniline to phenylisocyanide

Arrange the following metals in the order in which they displace each other from the solution of their salts.

Al, Cu, Fe, Mg and Zn

The molar conductivity of 0.025 mol L-1 methanoic acid is

46.1 S cm2 mol^-1.

Calculate its degree of dissociation and dissociation constant. Given λ⁰(H+)

= 349.6 S cm² mol^-1 and  λ⁰(HCOO^-) = 54.6 S cm² mol