Have you ever observed any water pollution in your area? What measures would you suggest to control it?
Water pollution arises due to various human activities. This includes discharges from wastewater treatment plants, run-off from agricultural fields, storm-water drainage, etc. Pollutants from these sources enter the water bodies, thereby contaminating the water and making it impure.
Industrial discharge like toxic, heavy metals such as Fe, Mn, Al, etc., along with organic wastes into water. Domestic sewage and animal excreta are also responsible for pathogenic contamination of water. These pollutants make water unfit for drinking.
Therefore, all industrial and chemical discharges should be made toxic free before allowing them to enter a water body. The concentration of these pollutants should be checked regularly. Compost should be preferred over chemical fertilizers in gardens and agricultural fields to avoid harmful chemicals from entering ground water.
Carbon monoxide gas is more dangerous than carbon dioxide gas. Why?
What are the harmful effects of photochemical smog and how can they be controlled?
Write down the reactions involved during the formation of photochemical smog.
What are the reactions involved for ozone layer depletion in the stratosphere?
Explain tropospheric pollution in 100 words.
What would have happened if the greenhouse gases were totally missing in the earth's atmosphere? Discuss.
Statues and monuments in India are affected by acid rain. How?
What do you mean by green chemistry? How will it help decrease environmental pollution?
What is smog? How is classical smog different from photochemical smog?
What do you mean by ozone hole? What are its consequences?
How do you account for the formation of ethane during chlorination of methane?
What are hybridisation states of each carbon atom in the following compounds ?
(i) CH2=C=O,
(ii) CH3CH=CH2,
(iii) (CH3)2CO,
(iv) CH2=CHCN,
(v) C6H6
What will be the minimum pressure required to compress 500 dm3 of air at 1 bar to 200 dm3 at 30°C?
What are the common physical and chemical features of alkali metals?
Calculate the molecular mass of the following:
(i) H2O
(ii) CO2
(iii) CH4
Assign oxidation number to the underlined elements in each of the following species:
(a) NaH2PO4
(b) NaHSO4
(c) H4P2O7
(d) K2MnO4
(e) CaO2
(f) NaBH4
(g) H2S2O7
(h) KAl(SO4)2.12 H2O
What is the basic theme of organisation in the periodic table?
Explain the formation of a chemical bond.
Choose the correct answer. A thermodynamic state function is a quantity
(i) used to determine heat changes
(ii) whose value is independent of path
(iii) used to determine pressure volume work
(iv) whose value depends on temperature only.
A liquid is in equilibrium with its vapour in a sealed container at a fixed temperature. The volume of the container is suddenly increased.
a) What is the initial effect of the change on vapour pressure?
b) How do rates of evaporation and condensation change initially?
c) What happens when equilibrium is restored finally and what will be the final vapour pressure?
Discuss the pattern of variation in the oxidation states of
(i) B to Tl and (ii) C to Pb.
Lifetimes of the molecules in the excited states are often measured by using pulsed radiation source of duration nearly in the nano second range. If the radiation source has the duration of 2 ns and the number of photons emitted during the pulse source is 2.5 × 1015, calculate the energy of the source.
Find out the value of Kc for each of the following equilibria from the value of Kp:
(i) 2NOCl (g) ↔ 2NO (g) + Cl2 (g); Kp = 1.8 × 10–2 at 500 K
(ii) CaCO3 (s) ↔ CaO(s) + CO2(g); Kp = 167 at 1073 K
Complete the following chemical reactions.
(i) PbS(s) + H2O2(aq) →
(ii) MnO-4(aq) + H2O2(aq) →
(iii) CaO(s) + H2O(g) →
(iv) AlCl3(g) + H2O(I) →
(v) Ca3N2(s) + H2O(I) →
Classify the above into (a) hydrolysis, (b) redox and (c) hydration reactions.
Propanal and pentan-3-one are the ozonolysis products of an alkene? What is the structural formula of the alkene?
What is the state of hybridisation of carbon in
(a) CO2-3
(b) diamond
(c) graphite?
The pH of a sample of vinegar is 3.76. Calculate the concentration of hydrogen ion in it.
Which of the following statements related to the modern periodic table is incorrect?
(a) The p-block has 6 columns, because a maximum of 6 electrons can occupy all the orbitals in a p-shell.
(b) The d-block has 8 columns, because a maximum of 8 electrons can occupy all the orbitals in a d-subshell.
(c) Each block contains a number of columns equal to the number of electrons that can occupy that subshell.
(d) The block indicates value of azimuthal quantum number (l ) for the last subshell that received electrons in building up the electronic configuration.
Given the standard electrode potentials,
K+/K = -2.93V, Ag+/Ag = 0.80V,
Hg2+/ Hg = 0.79V
Mg2+/ Mg = -2.37V. Cr3+/ Cr = -0.74V
Arrange these metals in their increasing order of reducing power.
Out of benzene, m-dinitrobenzene and toluene which will undergo nitration most easily and why?