Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter The s Block Elements NCERT Solutions | Describe the importance of the following

Compare the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals with respect to

(i) ionization enthalpy

(ii) basicity of oxides and

(iii) solubility of hydroxides.

Compare the solubility and thermal stability of the following compounds of the alkali metals with those of the alkaline earth metals.

(a) Nitrates (b) Carbonates (c) Sulphates.

Discuss the various reactions that occur in the Solvay process.

Comment on each of the following observations:

(a) The mobilities of the alkali metal ions in aqueous solution are Li⁺ <  Na⁺ <  K⁺ <  Rb⁺ < Cs⁺

(b) Lithium is the only alkali metal to form a nitride directly.

(c) E° for M²⁺(aq) (where M = Ca, Sr or Ba) is nearly constant.

Why are lithium salts commonly hydrated and those of the other alkali metal ions usually anhydrous?

State as to why

(a) a solution of Na₂CO₃ is alkaline ?

(b) alkali metals are prepared by electrolysis of their fused chlorides ?

(c) sodium is found to be more useful than potassium ?

When an alkali metal dissolves in liquid ammonia the solution can acquire different colours. Explain the reasons for this type of colour change.

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

Why is Li₂CO₃ decomposed at a lower temperature whereas Na₂CO₃ at higher temperature?

Find the oxidation state of sodium in Na₂O₂.

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?

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?

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

Predict which of the following reaction will have appreciable concentration of reactants and products:

a) Cl₂ (g)  ↔  2Cl (g)                             Kc = 5 ×10^–39

b) Cl₂ (g) + 2NO (g)  ↔  2NOCl (g)         Kc = 3.7 × 10⁸

c) Cl₂ (g) + 2NO₂ (g)  ↔  2NO₂Cl (g)      Kc = 1.8

Pay load is defined as the difference between the mass of displaced air and the mass of the balloon. Calculate the pay load when a balloon of radius 10 m, mass 100 kg is filled with helium at 1.66 bar at 27°C. (Density of air = 1.2 kg m^–3 and R = 0.083 bar dm³ K^–1 mol^–1).

Define the bond length.

:(i) Write the electronic configurations of the following ions: (a) H^– (b) Na⁺ (c) O^2–(d) F^–

(ii) What are the atomic numbers of elements whose outermost electrons are represented by (a) 3s¹ (b) 2p³ and (c) 3p⁵?

(iii) Which atoms are indicated by the following configurations?

(a) [He] 2s¹ (b) [Ne] 3s² 3p³ (c) [Ar] 4s² 3d¹.

Which of the following reactions will get affected by increasing the pressure?

Also, mention whether change will cause the reaction to go into forward or backward direction.

(i) COCl₂ (g) ↔ CO (g) + Cl₂ (g)

(ii) CH₄ (g) + 2S₂ (g) ↔ CS₂ (g) + 2H₂S (g)

(iii) CO₂ (g) + C (s) ↔ 2CO (g)

(iv) 2H₂ (g) + CO (g) ↔ CH₃OH (g)

(v) CaCO₃ (s) ↔ CaO (s) + CO₂ (g)

(vi) 4 NH₃ (g) + 5O₂ (g) ↔ 4NO (g)  +  6H₂O(g)

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

Dihydrogen gas is obtained from natural gas by partial oxidation with steam as per following endothermic reaction:

CH₄ (g) + H₂O (g) ↔ CO (g) + 3H₂ (g)

(a) Write as expression for Kp for the above reaction.

(b) How will the values of Kp and composition of equilibrium mixture be affected by

  (i) increasing the pressure

  (ii) increasing the temperature

  (iii) using a catalyst ?

Why does benzene undergo electrophilic substitution reactions easily and nucleophilic substitutions with difficulty?

Describe the method, which can be used to separate two compounds with different solubilities in a solvent S.

What is the difference between distillation, distillation under reduced pressure and steam distillation ?