Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter Hydrogen NCERT Solutions | What properties of water make it useful

Justify the position of hydrogen in the periodic table on the basis of its electronic configuration.

Compare the structures of H₂O and H₂O₂.

Write chemical reactions to show the amphoteric nature of water.

Discuss the principle and method of softening of hard water by synthetic ion-exchange resins.

Arrange the following

(i) CaH₂, BeH₂ and TiH₂ in order of increasing electrical conductance.

(ii) LiH, NaH and CsH in order of increasing ionic character.

(iii) H-H, D-D and F-F in order of increasing bond dissociation enthalpy.

(iv) NaH, MgH₂ and H₂O in order of increasing reducing property.

What do you understand by the term “non-stoichiometric hydrides”? Do you expect this type of the hydrides to be formed by alkali metals? Justify your answer.

What is meant by 'demineralised' water and how can it be obtained?

What causes the temporary and permanent hardness of water?

How does H₂O₂ behave as a bleaching agent?

Why does hydrogen occur in a diatomic form rather than in a monoatomic form under normal conditions?

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?

At 450K, K_p= 2.0 × 10¹⁰/bar for the given reaction at equilibrium.

2SO₂(g) + O₂(g) ↔ 2SO₃ (g)

What is K_c at this temperature ?

For the process to occur under adiabatic conditions, the correct condition is:
(i) ΔT = 0
(ii) Δp = 0
(iii) q = 0
(iv) w = 0

How does atomic radius vary in a period and in a group? How do you explain the variation?

The ionization constant of HF, HCOOH and HCN at 298K are 6.8 × 10^–4,  1.8 × 10^–4  and  4.8 × 10^–9 respectively.

Calculate the ionization constants of the corresponding conjugate base.

2.9 g of a gas at 95 °C occupied the same volume as 0.184 g of dihydrogen at 17 °C, at the same pressure. What is the molar mass of the gas?

Depict the galvanic cell in which the reaction Zn(s) + 2Ag⁺(aq) → Zn²⁺(aq) + 2Ag(s) takes place, further show:

(i) which of the electrode is negatively charged,

(ii) the carriers of the current in the cell, and

(iii) individual reaction at each electrode.

Bromine monochloride, BrCl decomposes into bromine and chlorine and reaches the equilibrium:

2BrCl (g) ↔ Br₂ (g) + Cl₂ (g) for which K_c= 32 at 500 K.

If initially pure BrCl is present at a concentration of 3.3 × 10^–3 mol L^–1, what is its molar concentration in the mixture at equilibrium?

Calculate the amount of carbon dioxide that could be produced when

(i) 1 mole of carbon is burnt in air.

(ii) 1 mole of carbon is burnt in 16 g of dioxygen.

(iii) 2 moles of carbon are burnt in 16 g of dioxygen.

The degree of ionization of a 0.1M bromoacetic acid solution is 0.132. Calculate the pH of the solution and the pK_a of bromoacetic acid.

One of the reaction that takes place in producing steel from iron ore is the reduction of iron(II) oxide by carbon monoxide to give iron metal and CO₂.

FeO (s) + CO (g) ↔ Fe (s) + CO₂ (g);   Kp = 0.265 atm at 1050K

What are the equilibrium partial pressures of CO and CO₂ at 1050 K if the initial partial pressures are: p_CO= 1.4 atm and P_co2 = 0.80 atm