Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter Structure of Atom NCERT Solutions | Neon gas is generally used in the sign b

The mass of an electron is 9.1 × 10^–31 kg. If its K.E. is 3.0 × 10^–25 J, calculate its wavelength.

Calculate the wavelength of an electron moving with a velocity of 2.05 × 10⁷ ms^–1.

Using s, p, d notations, describe the orbital with the following quantum numbers.

(a) n = 1, l = 0;

(b) n = 3; l =1

(c) n = 4; l = 2;

(d) n = 4; l =3.

Which of the following are isoelectronic species i.e., those having the same number of electrons?

Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, S^2–, Ar

Calculate the wavelength, frequency and wave number of a light wave whose period is 2.0 × 10^–10 s.

How many electrons in an atom may have the following quantum numbers?

(a) n = 4,

(b) n = 3, l = 0

Yellow light emitted from a sodium lamp has a wavelength (λ) of 580 nm. Calculate the frequency (ν) and wave number () of the yellow light.

Indicate the number of unpaired electrons in: (a) P, (b) Si, (c) Cr, (d) Fe and (e) Kr.

Calculate the wave number for the longest wavelength transition in the Balmer series of atomic hydrogen.

A photon of wavelength 4 × 10^–7 m strikes on metal surface, the work function of the metal being 2.13 eV. Calculate

(i) the energy of the photon (eV),

(ii) the kinetic energy of the emission, and

(iii) the velocity of the photoelectron (1 eV= 1.6020 × 10^–19 J).

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?

Dinitrogen and dihydrogen react with each other to produce ammonia according to the following chemical equation:

N2(g) + H2(g) → 2NH3(g)

(i) Calculate the mass of ammonia produced if 2.00 × 103 g dinitrogen reacts with 1.00 × 103 g of dihydrogen.

(ii) Will any of the two reactants remain unreacted?

(iii) If yes, which one and what would be its mass?

Write chemical reactions to show the amphoteric nature of water.

Explain why BeH₂ molecule has a zero dipole moment although the Be–H bonds are polar.

Which of the following carbocation is most stable ?

In what ways lithium shows similarities to magnesium in its chemical behaviour?

The enthalpy of combustion of methane, graphite and dihydrogen at 298 K are, –890.3 kJ mol^–1  , –393.5 kJ mol^–1, and –285.8 kJ mol^–1 respectively. Enthalpy of formation of CH₄(g) will be

(i) –74.8 kJ mol^–1

(ii) –52.27 kJ mol^–1

(iii) +74.8 kJ mol^–1

(iv) +52.26 kJ mol^–1

Explain why alkyl groups act as electron donors when attached to a π system.

What happens when

(i) sodium metal is dropped in water ?

(ii) sodium metal is heated in free supply of air ?

(iii) sodium peroxide dissolves in water ?

Potassium carbonate cannot be prepared by Solvay process. Why?

Dihydrogen gas used in Haber’s process is produced by reacting methane from natural gas with high temperature steam. The first stage of two stage reaction involves the formation of CO and H₂. In second stage, CO formed in first stage is reacted with more steam in water gas shift reaction,

CO (g) + H₂O (g) ↔ CO₂ (g) + H₂ (g)

If a reaction vessel at 400°C is charged with an equimolar mixture of CO and steam such that P_CO  = P_H2O = 4.0  bar, what will be the partial pressure of H₂ at equilibrium? K_p= 10.1 at 400°C.