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IIT-JEE CHEMISTRY P. JOY CARBON FAMILY INORGANIC Note 66 E D U C A T I O N S , 588-A, TALWANDI, KOTA ( (0744) 6450883, 2405510 EXERCISE # 3 ELEMENTAL CARBON : Q.1 Why ' C' shows highest properties of catenation ? Q.2 Which allotrope of carbon is thermodynamically more stable ? Q.3 Why graphite is good conductor of electricity ? Q.4 Which is thermodynamically most stable ? Graphite, Diamond or fullerene. Q.5 Which element occurs in both very hard and very soft form ? Q.6 Which allotrope of carbon is insoluble in solvent ? Q.7 How fullerene was originally prepared ? Q.8 Can fullerene be prepared by evaporation of graphite by electric arc ? Q.9 How many 'C' atoms are there normally in fullerene ? Q.10 What is the colour of C 60 in toluene ? Q.11 What is the colour of C 70 in Toluene ? Q.12 What is the shape of C 60 ? SILICON, TIN LEAD : Q.13 In which form does silicon show its allotropy ? Q.14 What is the purest form of silicon ? Q.15 Which allotrope of Si is isomorphous with carbon ? Q.16 What are corundum and carborundum ? Q.17 How many allotropes of Sn exist ? Q.18 What are three crystalline modifications of tin ? Q.19 How various allotropes of tin are related to temperature ? Q.20 What is tin disease, tin pest or tin plague ? Q.21 What is tin cry ? Q.22 How tin is purified ? GROUP IV OXIDES : Q.23 Which of two has a dipole moment CO & CO 2 ? Q.24 What are the oxides of carbon ? Q.25 Which acid anhydride is CO 2 ? Q.26 Which acid anhydride is CO ? Q.27 Which acid anhydride is carbon sesquioxide C 3 O 2 ? Q.28 Which oxide of IV group is not solid ?

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EXERCISE # 3ELEMENTAL CARBON :

Q.1 Why 'C' shows highest properties of catenation ?

Q.2 Which allotrope of carbon is thermodynamically more stable ?

Q.3 Why graphite is good conductor of electricity ?

Q.4 Which is thermodynamically most stable ? Graphite, Diamond orfullerene.

Q.5 Which element occurs in both very hard and very soft form ?

Q.6 Which allotrope of carbon is insoluble in solvent ?

Q.7 How fullerene was originally prepared ?

Q.8 Can fullerene be prepared by evaporation of graphite by electricarc ?

Q.9 How many 'C' atoms are there normally in fullerene ?

Q.10 What is the colour of C60 in toluene ?

Q.11 What is the colour of C70 in Toluene ?

Q.12 What is the shape of C60 ?

SILICON, TIN LEAD :Q.13 In which form does silicon show its allotropy ?

Q.14 What is the purest form of silicon ?

Q.15 Which allotrope of Si is isomorphous with carbon ?

Q.16 What are corundum and carborundum ?

Q.17 How many allotropes of Sn exist ?

Q.18 What are three crystalline modifications of tin ?

Q.19 How various allotropes of tin are related to temperature ?

Q.20 What is tin disease, tin pest or tin plague ?

Q.21 What is tin cry ?

Q.22 How tin is purified ?

GROUP IV OXIDES :Q.23 Which of two has a dipole moment CO & CO2 ?

Q.24 What are the oxides of carbon ?

Q.25 Which acid anhydride is CO2 ?

Q.26 Which acid anhydride is CO ?

Q.27 Which acid anhydride is carbon sesquioxide C3O2 ?

Q.28 Which oxide of IV group is not solid ?

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Q.29 Which monoxide of IV group does not exist at toom temperature ?

Q.30 Which monoxide of IV group is neutral ?

Q.31 What is the nature of IV group monoxides ?

Q.32 Which IV group oxides are network solids ?

Q.33 Why CO2 is molecule but SiO2 is 3D network solid ?

Q.34 What are the nature of CO2, SiO2, GeO2, SnO2, PbO2 ?

Q.35 Which dioxide of nonmetal C, S, N or Cl does not act as reducingagent?

Q.36 What is the hybridisation state of Si in SiO2 ?

Q.37 Why CO2 is a gas while SiO2 is a solid ?

Q.38 Which oxide of tin (SnO, SnO2) is/are amphoteric ?

Q.39 Why heating of SnC2O4 does yield SnO instead of SnO2 ?

Q.40 What happens when SnO2 is reacted with (i) H2SO4 (ii) NaOH

Q.41 What are various oxides of Pb ?

Q.42 Which lead oxide is less stable ?

Q.43 Which oxide of Sn act as a good reducing agent ?

Q.44 What is the nature of π bond in CO2 ?

Q.45 Which of the 2 oxides of lead (PbO, PbO2) is more basic ?

Q.46 Write the preparation of carbon mono-oxide ?

Q.47 What happens when bicarbonates are reacted with mineral acidslike dil. HCl ?

Q.48 What happens when metal carbonates are with mineral acids likedil. HCl ?

Q.49 Arrange following in order of stability ?H2CO3, NaHCO3 and Na2CO3

Q.50 Arrange following in order of stability ?NaHCO3, KHCO3 and CsHCO3

Q.51 Arrange following in order of stabilityH2CO3, Na2CO3, Cs2CO3

Q.52 Why ZnCO3 and MgCO3 on heating decompose into CO2 but not Na2CO3.

Q.53 Write the properties of carbon monoxide :

Q.54 What happens when CO is reacted with following :(i) Oxygen (ii) Sulphur (iii) Chlorine(iv) Fe2O3 (v) FeO (vi) I2O5(vii) Nickel

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Q.55 Suggest a chemical test to identify carbondioxide gas.

Q.56 What is the formula of lime stonae, slacked lime, quick lime ?

Q.57 What is the colour of lime water ?

Q.58 What happens when CO2 is passed into water.

Q.59 What happens to solubility when partial pressure of CO2 is increased?

Q.60 When CO2 is passed in water what are the species observed in solu-tion resulted ?

Q.61 What are the different sources of H+ ions in carbonic acid solution ?

Q.62 CO2 is a gas, while SiO2 is a solid, although both carbon and siliconbelong to same group.

Q.63 What is drinkold ?

Q.64 Why CO2 cannot be used to entinguish fire caused by magnesium.

Q.65 If it possible to get H2CO3 in solid state.

Q.66 What happens when CaC2 (Calcium carbide) is reacted with water ?

Q.67 Which is thermodynamically more stable (COOH)2 or (SiOOH)2 ?

Q.68 Which form of carbon is thermodynamically more stable ?

Q.69 Which form of carbon is harder diamond / graphite ?

Q.70 If diamond is thermodynamically less stable than graphite. Whycannot graphite be artificially converted into diamond ?

Q.71 Show formation of urea when ammonia is reacted with CO2 at highpressure ?

Q.72 What type of oxides are formed by fourth group elements ?

Q.73 What is the Pb2O3 ?

Q.74 Which oxidation state for fourth group oxide results into more stableform on moving top to bottom ?

Q.75 Which dioxide of group IV is in gaseous state ?

Q.76 Write the similarities and differences between CO & CO2 ?

Q.77 Write the reaction of CO2 with NaOH

Q.78 Write the lime water test of CO2 ?

Q.79 What happens when CO is added to water ?

Q.80 What happens when CO passed in NaOH at high pressure ?

Q.81 What happens if SiO2 is added to water ?

Q.82 SiO2 reacts with CaO then what is product, where this reaction ismainly applied. What is the Basic of reaction.

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GROUP IV HALIDES :Q.83 What happens when SnCl2.2H2O crystals are heated ?

Q.84 Which of the two SnCl2 or SnCl4 is a liq. at room temperature ?

Q.85 What is butter of Sn ? What is its major use.

Q.86 What are the addition compounds of SnCl2 & NH3 ?

Q.87 What is the double salt of SnCl4 with NH3 ?

Q.88 How calomel is produced by SnCl2 ?

Q.89 Which tin compound is used in tooth paste to help tooth decay ?

Q.90 Which property of tin makes it useful for tinning of utensils ?

Q.91 What happens when AuCl3 is treated with SnCl2 ?

Q.92 How PURPLE OF CASIUS is formed ?

Q.93 What happens when butter of tin is hydrolysed with excess of water?

Q.94 What happens when tin metal is reacted with conc. HNO3 ?

Q.95 Which tin halide out of SnCl4, SnBr4, SnI4 is coloured ?

Q.96 How Tin (II) fluoride is obtained ?

Q.97 Why Pb715 has higher I.E. than Sn707 ?

Q.98 Why do PbCl4 acts as strong oxidising agent ?

Q.99 SiF62– exist but not CF6

2– explain why ?

Q.100 Why PbCl2 is ionic where is PbCl4 is covalent.

SILICONS :Q.101 What are silicones and what are its different units.

Q.102 Why two hydroxy groups on silicon atom is stable although 2-OHgroups are unstable on C atom ?

Q.103 What is the general formula of organosilicone ?

Q.104 What are the group you can use in place of methyl group to producesilicone.

Q.105 How the name silicone is derived for the polymer R2SiO ?

Q.106 What happens when SiCl4 is reacted with following(A) 1 mole of CH3MgCl(B) 2 mole of CH3MgCl(C) 3 mole of CH3MgCl(D) 4 mol of CH3MgCl

Q.107 What happens when SiCl4 subjected to strong heating ?

Q.108 What happens when dialkyldichloro silanes or diaryl dichlorosilanesare subjected to hydrolysis & then heated strongly ?

Q.109 What are silanes and germanes ? What are their general formula.

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Q.110 How silanes are different than alkanes ?

Q.111 What happens when mixture of silane and H2 is bubbled throughwater ?

Q.112 What is silica Garden ?

Q.113 Why trimethyl amine is pyramidal but trisilyl amine is planar ?

Q.114 Which of two is more basic N(CH3)3 or N(SiH3)3 ?

SILICATES :Q.115 What is the hybridisation state of Si in SiO2 ?

Q.116 What happens when SiO2 is reacted (heated) with alkalis and alkalimetal carbonates ?

Q.117 KNO3 on heating produce KNO2 and O2 but what happens when KNO3is heated with SiO2 ?

Q.118 What happens when SiO2 is reacted with following ?(a) KOH (b) CaCO3 (c) KNO3(d) HF (e) Coke

Q.119 What happens when Si is fused with NaOH in air ?

Q.120 What is the definition of glass ?

Q.121 What type of glass is K2O.PbO.4SiO2 ?

Q.122 What is the formula of soda glass ?

Q.123 What is the formula of water glass

Q.124 What is Crookes glass ? What is its speciality ? Which metal com-pound is present in it ?

Q.125 What is Na2SiO3. CaSiO3.4SiO2 ?

Q.126 What do you call K2O.CaO.4SiO2 ?

Q.127 Which type of anions are present in pyrex glass ?

Q.128 How borosilicate glass are obtained ?

Q.129 Which type of glass has lane thermal expansion ?

Q.130 Which type of glass are prisms and lenses are made up of ?

Q.131 Name an acid which dissolves silica ?

Q.132 Why HF acid is stored in plastic bottles and not glass bottles ?

Q.133 Which compound is formed when glass reacts with HF ?

Q.134 Which acid is used for etching glass ?

Q.135 What pseudo solids ?

Q.136 What hapend when SiCl4 is subjected to strong heating ?

Q.137 What is the formula of orthosilicate anion ? Why is it important.

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ELEMENTAL CARBON :

Q.1 Why 'C' shows highest properties of catenation ?

Ans. The strength of C–C bond is very high.

Q.2 Which allotrope of carbon is thermodynamically more stable ?

Ans. Graphite

Q.3 Why graphite is good conductor of electricity ?

Ans. Free electrons present in 2p orbitals of graphite

Q.4 Which is thermodynamically most stable ? Graphite, Diamond orfullerene.

Ans. Graphite

Q.5 Which element occurs in both very hard and very soft form ?

Ans. C

Q.6 Which allotrope of carbon is insoluble in solvent ?

Ans. Diamond

Q.7 How fullerene was originally prepared ?

Ans. Fullerenes are produced by evoparation of graphite by lesser.

Q.8 Can fullerene be prepared by evaporation of graphite by electricarc ?

Ans. Yes

Q.9 How many 'C' atoms are there normally in fullerene ?

Ans. 60

Q.10 What is the colour of C60 in toluene ?

Ans. Purple colour

Q.11 What is the colour of C70 in Toluene ?

Ans. Red orange colour

Q.12 What is the shape of C60 ?

Ans. Socker's ball

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SILICON, TIN LEAD :

Q.13 In which form does silicon show its allotropy ?

Ans. α-Quartz ⇔840

β-Quartz ⇔ Tridymite ⇔1600ºC

cristobalite

Q.14 What is the purest form of silicon ?Ans. β-Quartz

Q.15 Which allotrope of Si is isomorphous with carbon ?Ans. SiO2

Q.16 What are corundum and carborundum ?Ans. Corundum (α−Al2O3) and Carborundum (SiC)

Q.17 How many allotropes of Sn exist ?Ans. Three

Q.18 What are three crystalline modifications of tin ?

Ans. α-Sn ⇔15ºC

β-Sn ⇔160ºC

Rhombic Sn

Q.19 How various allotropes of tin are related to temperature ?

Ans. α-Sn ⇔15ºC

β-Sn ⇔160ºC

Rhombic Sn

Q.20 What is tin disease, tin pest or tin plague ?Ans. The conversion of white tin (β-Sn) is accompainied by an increase in volume

and the letter, being very brittle, easily crumbles down to powder, this phenom-enon is known as tin disease.

Q.21 What is tin cry ?Ans. When bent the metal produces a cracking sound due to rubbing of crystals over

one another is known as tin cry.

Q.22 How tin is purified ?Ans. Tin is purifyed by electrolytic method

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GROUP IV OXIDES :Q.23 Which of two has a dipole moment CO & CO2 ?Ans. CO

Q.24 What are the oxides of carbon ?Ans. CO, CO2, C3O2

Q.25 Which acid anhydride is CO2 ?Ans. H2CO3

Q.26 Which acid anhydride is CO ?Ans. HCOOH

Q.27 Which acid anhydride is carbon sesquioxide C3O2 ?Ans. Malonic acid

Q.28 Which oxide of IV group is not solid ?Ans. CO2

Q.29 Which monoxide of IV group does not exist at toom temperature ?Ans. SnO

Q.30 Which monoxide of IV group is neutral ?Ans. CO

Q.31 What is the nature of IV group monoxides ?Ans. CO → neutral, others → acidic

Q.32 Which IV group oxides are network solids ?Ans. SiO2

Q.33 Why CO2 is molecule but SiO2 is 3D network solid ?Ans. SiO2 does not have tendency of pπ-pπ overlapping.

Q.34 What are the nature of CO2, SiO2, GeO2, SnO2, PbO2 ?Ans. CO2, SiO2 Acidic;

GeO2, SnO2 Amphoteric;

PbO2 Basic

Q.35 Which dioxide of nonmetal C, S, N or Cl does not act as reducing agent?Ans. CO2

Q.36 What is the hybridisation state of Si in SiO2 ?Ans. sp3

Q.37 Why CO2 is a gas while SiO2 is a solid ?Ans. SiO2 form

Q.38 Which oxide of tin (SnO, SnO2) is/are amphoteric ?Ans. Both SnO and SnO2

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Q.39 Why heating of SnC2O4 does yield SnO instead of SnO2 ?

Ans. SnC2O4 ∆ → SnO + CO + CO2

Oxidation of SnO to SnO2 is checked by CO

Q.40 What happens when SnO2 is reacted with (i) H2SO4 (ii) NaOH

Ans. SnO2 NaOH → Na2SnO3

SnO2 H SO2 4 → H3SnO3 stannic acid

Q.41 What are various oxides of Pb ?Ans. PbO, PbO2, Pb2O3, Pb3O4

Q.42 Which lead oxide is less stable ?

Ans. PbO2

Q.43 Which oxide of Sn act as a good reducing agent ?Ans. SnO is a good reducing agent between it get oxidised to form SnO2.

Q.44 What is the nature of π bond in CO2 ?Ans. In CO2 pπ - pπ bond is formed as p-orbitals of C & O are of same size thus 2p-

2p overlapping is formed ?

Q.45 Which of the 2 oxides of lead (PbO, PbO2) is more basic ?Ans. PbO

Q.46 Write the preparation of carbon mono-oxide ?Ans. (i) From coke

Coke + Air High. temp.→ CO + N2

(ii) From steamC + H2O → CO + H2

(iii) From HCN/KCN

HCN →2 4H SO CO + H2O + NHH3

2K+CN– + H2SO4 → K2SO4 + 2HCN + CO + H2O

(iv) From K4[Fe(CN)6]

K4[Fe(CN)6] + 3H2SO4 ����⇀↽���� 2K2SOO4 + FeSO4 + 6HCN

HCN + H2SO4 ����⇀↽���� CO + NHH4SO4

Q.47 What happens when bicarbonates are reacted with mineral acids likedil. HCl ?

Ans. MHCO3 + HCl → MCl + H2O + CO2Metal bicarbonate dissociates to give corresponding salt, water and carbon di-oxide is released.

Q.48 What happens when metal carbonates are with mineral acids like dil.HCl ?

Ans. On reaction of metal carbonates with dil. HCl it give salt and carbonic acidwhich further break to give CO2 and H2O.MCO3 + 2HCl → 2MCl + H2CO3H2CO3 → H2O + CO2

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Q.49 Arrange following in order of stability ?

H2CO3, NaHCO3 and Na2CO3

Ans. H2CO3 < NaHCO3 < Na2CO3

Q.50 Arrange following in order of stability ?

NaHCO3, KHCO3 and CsHCO3

Ans. NaHCO3 < KHCO3 < CsHCO3

Q.51 Arrange following in order of stability

H2CO3, Na2CO3, Cs2CO3

Ans. H2CO3 < Na2CO3 < Cs2CO3

Q.52 Which of the following on heating produces CO2 :

(a) ZnCO3 (b) MgCO3 (c) Na2CO3

Ans. ZnCO3, MgCO3

Q.53 Write the properties of carbon monoxide :

Ans. (i) It is highly toxic gas.

(ii) CO can be combust in CO2

(iii) It is metal carbonyl (ligand)

(iv) C ≡ O and N ≡ N are isoelectronic

(v) CO and NO are both stable.

Q.54 What happens when CO is reacted with following :

(i) Oxygen (ii) Sulphur (iii) Chlorine

(iv) Fe2O3 (v) FeO (vi) I2O5

(vii) Nickel

Ans. Reaction with non-metal :

CO + S → COS

CO + ½O2 → CO2

CO + Cl2 → COCl2Reaction with metal oxide (reducing agent) :

3CO + Fe2O3 → 3CO2 + 2Fe

CO + FeO → CO2 + Fe

5CO + I2O5 → 5CO2 + I2

Q.55 Suggest a chemical test to identify carbondioxide gas.

Ans. We use lime water test to identify carbon dioxide. In this test CO2 gas is passedinto lime water which results into formation of milky turbidity. On further pas-sage of gas this turbidity disapears. Turbidity is due to calcium carbonate and itdissapears due to formation of bicarbonates.

Q.56 What is the formula of lime stonae, slacked lime, quick lime ?

Ans. (Solid) CaCO3 : limestone (marble)

(ppt) Ca(OH)2 : slacked lime

(Solid) CaO : Quick lime

Q.57 What is the colour of lime water ?

Ans. It is colourless.

Q.58 What happens when CO2 is passed into water.

Ans. CO2 dissolves and form carbonic acid.

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Q.59 What happens to solubility when partial pressure of CO2 is increased?

Ans. By Henry's law the mass of dissolved carbondioxide decreases on increasingpartial pressure of CO2.

Q.60 When CO2 is passed in water what are the species observed in solu-tion resulted ?

Ans. Molecular CO2, H2CO3, HCO3–, CO3

2–, OH–, H+, H2O

Q.61 What are the different sources of H+ ions in carbonic acid solution ?

Ans. Ka1 of H2CO3, Ka2 of H2CO3 & Kw of H2O

Q.62 CO2 is a gas, while SiO2 is a solid, although both carbon and siliconbelong to same group.

Ans. SiO2 is a three dimensional network solid whereas CO2 exist as descrete mol-ecule in gaseous phase because the pπ-pπ bonding of CO bond is stronger thanthe pπ-pπ bonding of SiO bond. This silicon prefers to form σ bond instead πbond.

Q.63 What is drikold ?

Ans. Solid carbondioxide is sold in the name of drikold.

Q.64 Why CO2 cannot be used to entinguish fire caused by magnesium.

Ans. Fire accidents caused by magnesium cannot be causted by CO2 because mag-nesium and its compounds react further to produce magnesium carbonate.

CxHy + O2 → xCO2 + ½H2O

2Mg + O2 → 2MgO

MgO + CO2 → MgCO3

Q.65 If it possible to get H2CO3 in solid state.

Ans. No, CO2 exist in aqueous solution as H2CO3. Thus H2CO3 exist in aqueous formonly.

Q.66 What happens when CaC2 (Calcium carbide) is reacted with water ?

Ans. CaCl2 + H2O → HC ≡ CH + Ca(OH)2

Q.67 Which is thermodynamically more stable (COOH)2 or (SiOOH)2 ?

Ans. (COOH)2

Q.68 Which form of carbon is thermodynamically more stable ?

Ans. Graphite

Q.69 Which form of carbon is harder diamond / graphite ?

Ans. Diamond.

Q.70 If diamond is thermodynamically less stable than graphite. Why can-not graphite be artificially converted into diamond ?

Ans. Due to high value of activation energy. Through diamond is at higher energylevel than graphite at thermodynamically scale but graphite cannot be con-verted easily into diamond because it high activation energy of the process.

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Q.71 Show formation of urea when ammonia is reacted with CO2 at highpressure ?

Ans.

Zwitter ion

Q.72 What type of oxides are formed by fourth group elements ?

Ans. Fourth group elements forms two types of oxide having general formula of MOand MO2.

Q.73 What is the Pb2O3 ?

Ans. Pb2O3 is a mixed oxide.

Pb2O3 ≡ PbO.PbO2

Fe3O4 ≡ FeO.Fe2O3

Q.74 Which oxidation state for fourth group oxide results into more stableform on moving top to bottom ?

Ans. For top elements it is the higher oxidation state and for lower element it is thelower oxidation state.

Q.75 Which dioxide of group IV is in gaseous state ?

Ans. Except CO2 all oxides are polymeric giant molecule.

Q.76 Write the similarities and differences between CO & CO2 ?

Ans. Differences between CO & CO2

CO CO2

1. C ≡ O O = C = O

2. µ > 0 µ = 0

3. Neutral Acidic

4. Insoluble in water Spangly soluble in amphoteric high

P → good solute

5. Highly toxic, 50% is required Not toxic

for explosion.

6. Anhydride of HCOOH Anhydride of H2CO3

7. CO is isoelectronic to N2(14) 8 + 8 + 6 = 22

8. CO is ligand CO2 is not a ligand.

Similarities :

1. Both are oxides of 'C'

2. Both are gases.

3. Both have sp hybridised 'C'

4. Both have polar C – O bond

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Q.77 Write the reaction of CO2 with NaOH

Ans. CO2 + NaOH → NaHCO3

NaHCO3 + NaOH → Na2CO3 + H2O

Q.78 Write the lime water test of CO2 ?

Ans. Reaction of CO2 with Ca(OH)2Lime water : Ca(OH)2 Ca2 + 2OH–

Q.79 What happens when CO is added to water ?

Ans. No reaction.

Q.80 What happens when CO passed in NaOH at high pressure ?

Ans. It turus into sodium formate.

Q.81 What happens if SiO2 is added to water ?

Ans. No reaction.

Q.82 SiO2 reacts with CaO then what is product, where this reaction is mainlyapplied. What is the Basic of reaction.

Ans. CaSiO3 is formed that is called slag. The reaction is mainly used in glass furnancefor extraction of iron. Basis of reaction is acidic oxide reacts to basic oxides.

Fe2O3.SiO2 (Hematite)

Fe2O3 + 3CO → 2Fe + 3CO2.

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GROUP IV (HALIDES) :

Q.83 What happens when SnCl2.2H2O crystals are heated ?

Ans. SnCl2.2H2O ∆

Sn(OH)Cl

Q.84 Which of the two SnCl2 or SnCl4 is a liq. at room temperature ?

Ans. SnCl4

Q.85 What is butter of Sn ? What is its major use.

Ans. SnCl4.5H2O

Q.86 What are the addition compounds of SnCl2 & NH3 ?

Ans. SnCl2.2NH3

Q.87 What is the double salt of SnCl4 with NH3 ?

Ans. SnCl4.4NH3

Q.88 How calomel is produced by SnCl2 ?

Ans. HgCl2 + SnCl2 → Calamel

Q.89 Which tin compound is used in tooth paste to help tooth decay ?

Ans. SnF2

Q.90 Which property of tin makes it useful for tinning of utensils ?

Ans. Does not reacts with organic acids.

Q.91 What happens when AuCl3 is treated with SnCl2 ?

Ans. 3SnCl2 + 2AuCl3 → 3SnCl4 + 2Au

Q.92 How PURPLE OF CASIUS is formed ?

Ans. 3SnCl2+ 2AuCl3 → 2Au++ 3SnCl4 H O2 → Sn(OH)4

Q.93 What happens when butter of tin is hydrolysed with excess of water ?

Ans. SnCl4.5H2O H O2 → Sn(OH)Cl

Butter of Tin

Q.94 What happens when tin metal is reacted with conc. HNO3 ?

Ans. Sn + HNO3 → H3SnO3

Q.95 Which tin halide out of SnCl4, SnBr4, SnI4 is coloured ?

Ans. SnI4 → yellow, SnCl4 and SnBr4 coloured

Q.96 How Tin (II) fluoride is obtained ?

Ans. SnO + 2HF → SnF2 + H2O

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Q.97 Why Pb715 has higher I.E. than Sn707 ?

Ans. Pb has more value of ionization energy then Sn due to poor shielding of thevalence shell electrons by the electrons present in d and f subshells.

Q.98 Why do PbCl4 acts as strong oxidising agent ?

Ans. Because Pb+2 is more stable than Pb+4

Q.99 SiF62– exist but not CF6

2– explain why ?

Ans. Absence of d-orbitals in C

Q.100 Why PbCl2 is ionic where is PbCl4 is covalent.

Ans. Fajan's rule

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SILICONS :Q.101 What are silicones and what are its different units.Ans. Silicons are the polymers and used as a lubricants sheets, resins.

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CH3

HO – Si – OH + HO – Si – OH + HO – Si – OH + HO – Si – OH

CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3

CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3

– O – Si – O – Si – O – Si – O – Si – O– – O – Si – O –

CH3 CH3 nCH3 CH3 CH3

CH3 CH3CH3 CH3 CH3

Q.102 Why two hydroxy groups on silicon atom is stable although 2-OHgroups are unstable on C atom ?

Ans. Due to pressure of d-orbital in Si an extra π-bond character occur which stabilitiesit.

Q.103 What is the general formula of organosilicone ?

Ans. (R2SiO)n

Q.104 What are the group you can use in place of methyl group to producesilicone.

Ans. Phenyl group.

Q.105 How the name silicone is derived for the polymer R2SiO ?

Ans. Polymeric organocompounds contain Si–O–Si bonds therefore known assilicones.

Q.106 What happens when SiCl4 is reacted with following

(A) 1 mole of CH3MgCl

(B) 2 mole of CH3MgCl

(C) 3 mole of CH3MgCl

(D) 4 mol of CH3MgCl

Ans.

CH SiCl 33

SiCl4(CH ) SiCl23 2

(CH ) SiCl 33 3

(CH ) Si3 4

1. CH MgCl3

2. CH MgCl3

3. CH MgCl3

4. CH MgCl3

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Q.107 What happens when SiCl4 subjected to strong heating ?

Ans. No change

Q.108 What happens when dialkyldichloro silanes or diaryl dichlorosilanesare subjected to hydrolysis & then heated strongly ?

Ans. Silicones are produced.

Q.109 What are silanes and germanes ? What are their general formula.

Ans. Silanes Sin H2n + 2

German Gen H2n + 2

Q.110 How silanes are different than alkanes ?Ans. Silanes Alkanes

Toxic NotAutocombust NotReducing agent NotUnstable Stable

Q.111 What happens when mixture of silane and H2 is bubbled through wa-ter ?

Ans. Vertex of silica is formed.

Q.112 What is silica Garden ?Ans. When transition metals are added into soda glass solution. Different type of

colour are obtained.

Q.113 Why trimethyl amine is pyramidal but trisilyl amine is planar ?Ans. Trimethyl amines sp3, Trisilyl amine sp2 hybridization

Q.114 Which of two is more basic N(CH3)3 or N(SiH3)3 ?Ans. N(CH3)3

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SILICATES :Q.115 What is the hybridisation state of Si in SiO2 ?Ans. sp3

Q.116 What happens when SiO2 is reacted (heated) with alkalis and alkalimetal carbonates ?

Ans. Silicates are formed

Q.117 KNO3 on heating produce KNO2 and O2 but what happens when KNO3 isheated with SiO2 ?

Ans. KNO3 + SiO2 → K2SiO3 + 2NO2 + ½O2

Q.118 What happens when SiO2 is reacted with following ?

(a) KOH (b) CaCO3 (c) KNO3 (d) HF (e) CokeAns. 2KOH + SiO2 → K2SiO3 + H2O

CaCO3 + SiO2 → CaSiO3 + CO22KNO3 + SiO2 → K2SiO3 + 2NO2 + ½O2SiO2 + 6HF → H2SiF6 + 2H2OC + SiO2 → CO2 + Si

Q.119 What happens when Si is fused with NaOH in air ?Ans. Si + 2NaOH → NaSiO3 + H2↑

Q.120 What is the definition of glass ?Ans. Super cooled liquid, pseudo solid.

Q.121 What type of glass is K2O.PbO.4SiO2 ?Ans. Flint

Q.122 What is the formula of soda glass ?Ans. Na2SiO3.CaSiO3.HSiO2

Q.123 What is the formula of water glassAns. Na2SiO3.H2O

Q.124 What is Crookes glass ? What is its speciality ? Which metal compoundis present in it ?

Ans. Stops U.V. light

Q.125 What is Na2SiO3. CaSiO3.4SiO2 ?Ans. Soda glass

Q.126 What do you call K2O.CaO.4SiO2 ?Ans. Hard glass

Q.127 Which type of anions are present in pyrex glass ?Ans. SiO4

–4, BO3–3

Q.128 How borosilicate glass are obtained ?

Ans. CaCO3 + Na2CO3 + SiO2 + H3BO3 ∆ → borosilicate gass

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Q.129 Which type of glass has lane thermal expansion ?Ans. Pyrex glass

Q.130 Which type of glass are prisms and lenses are made up of ?Ans. Flint glass

Q.131 Name an acid which dissolves silica ?Ans. HF

Q.132 Why HF acid is stored in plastic bottles and not glass bottles ?Ans. SiO2 + 6HF → H2SiF6 + 2H2O

Q.133 Which compound is formed when glass reacts with HF ?Ans. Fluoro siliclic acid.

Q.134 Which acid is used for etching glass ?Ans. HF

Q.135 What pseudo solids ?Ans. Glass

Q.136 What hapend when SiCl4 is subjected to strong heating ?Ans. When SiCl4 is heated with hot alkali, it produces orthosilicate anions which fur-

ther polymerises in to slica

SiCl

ClCl

Cl →NaOH

Room temp SiOH

OHOH

OH → Si

OSi

OSi

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OSi

Q.137 What is the formula of orthosilicate anion ? Why is it important.Ans. Orthosilicate anion-SiO4

4–

It is the basic unit of all silicate.

SiO–

O––O

–O