Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Chemistry in Everyday Life NCERT Solutions | What are food preservatives ?

Why do soaps not work in hard water?

Explain the following terms with suitable examples

(i) cationic detergents

(ii) anionic detergents and

(iii) non-ionic detergents.

Sleeping pills are recommended by doctors to the patients suffering from sleeplessness but it is not advisable to take its doses without consultation with the doctor, Why?

How do antiseptics differ from disinfectants ? Give one example of each. 

Why is use of aspartame limited to cold foods and drinks?

What are the main constituents of dettol?

With reference to which classification has the statement, ranitidine is an antacid been given?

Write the chemical equation for preparing sodium soap from glyceryl oleate and glyceryl palmitate. Structural formulae of these compounds are given below.

(i) (C₁₅H₃₁COO)₃ C₃H₅ - Glyceryl palmitate

(ii)(C₁₇H₃₃COO)₃ C₃H₅ - Glyceryl oleate

Name a substance which can be used as an antiseptic as well as disinfectant.

What are artificial sweetening agents? Give two examples.

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.

What is the covalence of nitrogen in N₂O₅?

What do you mean by activity and selectivity of catalysts?

What can be inferred from the magnetic moment values of the following complex species?

Example Magnetic Moment (BM)

K₄[Mn(CN)₆] 2.2

[Fe(H₂O)₆]²⁺ 5.3

K₂[MnCl₄] 5.9

What do you understand by the term glycosidic linkage?

Write down the IUPAC name for each of the following complexes and indicate the oxidation state, electronic configuration and coordination number. Also give stereochemistry and magnetic moment of the complex:

(i) K[Cr(H₂O)₂(C₂O₄)₂].3H₂O

(ii) [Co(NH₃)₅Cl]Cl₂

(iii) CrCl₃(py)₃

(iv) Cs[FeCl₄]

(v) K₄[Mn(CN)₆]

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

To what extent do the electronic configurations decide the stability of oxidation states in the first series of the transition elements? Illustrate your answer with examples.

In the following pairs of halogen compounds, which compound undergoes faster S_N1 reaction?

Draw all the isomers (geometrical and optical) of:

(i) [CoCl₂(en)₂]⁺

(ii) [Co(NH₃)Cl(en)₂]²⁺

(iii) [Co(NH₃)₂Cl₂(en)]⁺

H₂S, a toxic gas with rotten egg like smell, is used for the qualitative analysis. If the solubility of H₂S in water at STP is 0.195 m, calculate Henry's law constant.