Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements NCERT Solutions | What is the role of depressant in froth

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

Write main differences between the properties of white phosphorus and red phosphorus.

For M²⁺/M and M³⁺/M²⁺ systems, the E^⊖  values for some metals are as follows:

Cr²⁺/Cr -0.9V

Cr³/Cr²⁺ -0.4 V

Mn²⁺/Mn -1.2V

Mn³⁺/Mn²⁺ +1.5 V

Fe²⁺/Fe -0.4V

Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ +0.8 V

Use this data to comment upon:

(i) The stability of Fe³⁺in acid solution as compared to that of Cr³⁺or Mn³⁺ and

(ii) The ease with which iron can be oxidised as compared to a similar process for either chromium or manganese metal.

Benzene and toluene form ideal solution over the entire range of composition. The vapour pressure of pure benzene and toluene at 300 K are 50.71 mm Hg and 32.06 mm Hg respectively. Calculate the mole fraction of benzene in vapour phase if 80 g of benzene is mixed with 100 g of toluene.

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

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

p-Dichlorobenzene has higher m.p. and lower solubility than those of o- and m-isomers. Discuss.

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

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

Out of C₆H₅CH₂Cl and C₆H₅CHClC₆H₅, which is more easily hydrolysed by aqueous KOH?

Why are cimetidine and ranitidine better antacids than sodium hydrogencarbonate or magnesium or aluminium hydroxide ?