Give reasons for the following observations:
It is necessary to remove CO when ammonia is prepared by Haber's process.
Account for the following:
(i) Acidic character increases from HF to HI.
(ii) There is a large difference between the melting and boiling points of oxygen and sulphur.
(iii) Nitrogen does not form pentahalide.
(i) Which allotrope of phosphorus is more reactive and why?
(ii) How the supersonic jet aeroplanes are responsible for the depletion of ozone layers?
(iii) F2 has lower bond dissociation enthalpy than Cl2. Why?
(iv) Which noble gas is used in filling balloons for meteorological observations?
(v) Complete the equation: XeF2 + PF5 →
Complete the following chemical equations:
(i) Ca3P2 + H2O -->
(ii) Cu + H2SO4(conc.)-->
Arrange the following in the order of the property indicated by each set:
(i) HF, HCl, HBr, HI - increasing bond dissociation enthalpy.
(ii) H2O, H2S, H2Se, H2Te- increasing acidic character.
Account for the following:
(i) PCl5 is more covalent than PCl3.
(ii) Iron on reaction with HCl forms FeCl2 and not FeCl3.
(i) Greater the positive oxidation state of the central metal atom, greater is its polarising power and thus more is the covalent character of the bond formed between the central metal atom and other atoms.
In PCl5, the central metal atom, P is in +5 oxidation state, while in PCl3, it is in +3 oxidation state. Therefore, PCl5 is more covalent than PCl5.
(ii) Iron reacts with hydrochloric acid in the following manner, resulting in the release of dihydrogen gas.
Fe(s) + 2HCl(aq) ---> FeCl2 (aq) + H2 (g)
The liberated dihydrogen gas may react with the available oxygen and gets converted to a water molecule. This diminishes the chances of oxidation of ferrous chloride to ferric chloride. As a result, FeCl3 is not formed.
(iii) In ozone, the three oxygen atoms are arranged to form a bent shaped structure. The central oxygen atom makes a single bond with one of the terminal oxygen atoms and a double bond with the other terminal oxygen atom. But the electrons of the double bond are delocalised over all the three oxygen atoms. Due to which the single and the double bond are not entirely pure but are the resonance hybrids of single and double bond respectively, giving rise to the O-O bond distance as the average bond distance of the single and double bond.
The resonance structure of the ozone is given below: