Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Which of the following compounds are readily soluble in water?
(i) BeSO4
(ii) MgSO4
(iii) BaSO4
(iv) SrSO4
Advertisements
उत्तर
(i) BeSO4
(ii) MgSO4
Explanation:
Solubility decreases down the group because hydration enthalpy decreases more rapidly than lattice enthalpy. Thus, BeSO4 and MgSO4 are soluble.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
What are the common chemical features of alkali metals?
Explain why alkali and alkaline earth metals cannot be obtained by chemical reduction methods?
Why are potassium and cesium, rather than lithium used in photoelectric cells?
Why are lithium salts commonly hydrated and those of the other alkali metal ions usually anhydrous?
Write a balanced equation for the reaction between KO2 and water.
Which of the alkali metal is having least melting point?
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
What are the common physical features of alkali metals?
The order of decreasing ionisation enthalpy in alkali metals is ______.
The solubility of metal halides depends on their nature, lattice enthalpy and hydration enthalpy of the individual ions. Amongst fluorides of alkali metals, the lowest solubility of LiF in water is due to ______.
In the synthesis of sodium carbonate, the recovery of ammonia is done by treating NH4Cl with Ca(OH)2. The by-product obtained in this process is ______.
Choose the correct statements from the following.
(i) Beryllium is not readily attacked by acids because of the presence of an oxide film on the surface of the metal.
(ii) Beryllium sulphate is readily soluble in water as the greater hydration enthalpy of Be2+ overcomes the lattice enthalpy factor.
(iii) Beryllium exhibits coordination number more than four.
(iv) Beryllium oxide is purely acidic in nature.
When a metal of group 1 was dissolved in liquid ammonia, the following observations were obtained:
(i) Blue solution was obtained initially.
(ii) On concentrating the solution, blue colour changed to bronze colour.
How do you account for the blue colour of the solution? Give the name of the product formed on keeping the solution for some time.
Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
| (Metal) | (Application) |
| (a) Cs | (I) High temperature thermometer |
| (b) Ga | (II) Water repellent sprays |
| (c) B | (III) Photoelectric cells |
| (d) Si | (IV) Bullet proof vest |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
The correct order of hydration enthapies of alkali metal ions is ______.
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Lithium salts are hydrated.
Reason (R) : Lithium has higher polarising power than other alkali metal group members.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Alkali metals are powerful reducing agents because ______.
Which element from following is used as moderator in nuclear reactor?
