Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter The Solid State NCERT Solutions | 'Stability of a crystal is reflected

If NaCl is doped with 10^-3mol % of SrCl₂, what is the concentration of cation vacancies?

A cubic solid is made of two elements P and Q. Atoms of Q are at the corners of the cube and P at the body-centre. What is the formula of the compound? What are the coordination numbers of P and Q?

An element with molar mass 2.7 x 10^-2kg mol^-1 forms a cubic unit cell with edge length 405 pm. If its density is 2.7 x 10³ kg m^-3, what is the nature of the cubic unit cell?

Copper crystallises into a fcc lattice with edge length 3.61 x 10^-8cm. Show that the calculated density is in agreement with its measured value of 8.92 g cm^-3.

A compound is formed by two elements M and N. The element N forms ccp and atoms of M occupy 1/3^rd of tetrahedral voids. What is the formula of the compound?

Aluminium crystallises in a cubic close-packed structure. Its metallic radius is 125 pm.

(i) What is the length of the side of the unit cell?

(ii) How many unit cells are there in 1.00 cm3of aluminium?

Analysis shows that nickel oxide has the formula Ni_0.98 O_1.00. What fractions of nickel exist as Ni²⁺and Ni³⁺ions?

Distinguish between

(i)Hexagonal and monoclinic unit cells

(ii) Face-centred and end-centred unit cells.

Solid A is a very hard electrical insulator in solid as well as in molten state and melts at extremely high temperature. What type of solid is it?

Ionic solids, which have anionic vacancies due to metal excess defect, develop colour. Explain with the help of a suitable example.

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?

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 structures of the following compounds:

(i) 2-Chloro-3-methylpentane

(ii) 1-Chloro-4-ethylcyclohexane

(iii) 4-tert. Butyl-3-iodoheptane

(iv) 1,4-Dibromobut-2-ene

(v) 1-Bromo-4-sec. butyl-2-methylbenzene

Write the names of reagents and equations for the preparation of the following ethers by Williamson's synthesis:

(i) 1-Propoxypropane

(ii) Ethoxybenzene

(iii) 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane

(iv) 1-Methoxyethane

For a reaction, A + B → Product; the rate law is given by,  r  = k [A]^½ [B]². What is the order of the reaction?

Which one of the following does not exist?

(i) XeOF₄

(ii) NeF₂

(iii) XeF₂

(iv) XeF₆

What problem arises in using alitame as artificial sweetener?

Give equations of the following reactions:

(i) Oxidation of propan-1-ol with alkaline KMnO₄ solution.

(ii) Bromine in CS₂ with phenol.

(iii) Dilute HNO₃ with phenol.

(iv) Treating phenol with chloroform in presence of aqueous NaOH.

Determine the osmotic pressure of a solution prepared by dissolving 25 mg of K₂SO₄ in 2 liter of water at 25° C, assuming that it is completely dissociated.

Suppose a solid solution is formed between two substances, one whose particles are very large and the other whose particles are very small. What kind of solid solution is this likely to be?

Illustrate how copper metal can give different products on reaction with HNO₃.

Show how will you synthesize:

(i) 1-phenylethanol from a suitable alkene.

(ii) cyclohexylmethanol using an alkyl halide by an S_N2 reaction.

(iii) pentan-1-ol using a suitable alkyl halide?

What is the effect of temperature on the rate constant of a reaction? How can this temperature effect on rate constant be represented quantitatively?