Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Chemistry in Everyday Life NCERT Solutions | Following type of nom-ionic detergents a

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.

What are food preservatives ?

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.

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.

Write the chemistry of recharging the lead storage battery, highlighting all the materials that are involved during recharging.

Refractive index of a solid is observed to have the same value along all directions. Comment on the nature of this solid. Would it show cleavage property?

The conductivity of 0.20 M solution of KCl at 298 K is 0.0248 Scm^-1. Calculate its molar conductivity.

What is meant by unidentate, didentate and ambidentate ligands? Give two examples for each.

In which classes, the polymers are classified on the basis of molecular forces?

Draw figure to show the splitting of d orbitals in an octahedral crystal field.

What do you understand by activation of adsorbent? How is it achieved?

What are ambident nucleophiles? Explain with an example.

From the rate expression for the following reactions, determine their order of reaction and the dimensions of the rate constants.

(i) 3 NO(g) → N₂O(g)  Rate = k[NO]²

(ii) H₂O₂ (aq) + 3 I ^- (aq) + 2 H⁺→ 2 H₂O (l) +  I₃^-  Rate = k[H₂O₂][I ^- ]

(iii) CH₃CHO(g)  → CH₄(g) + CO(g)  Rate = k [CH₃CHO]^3/2

(iv) C₂H₅Cl(g) → C₂H₄(g) + HCl(g)  Rate = k [C₂H₅Cl]

What type of defect can arise when a solid is heated? Which physical property is affected by it and in what way?