Polarisability and Fajan's Rule
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What is polarizing power and polarizability?
Na2CO3 does not decompose on heating where as CaCO3 decomposes. Why?
Higher cation charge
Presence of Oxygen
Lower anion charge
Insufficient data
Polarization is the distortion of the shape of an anion by an adjacently placed cation. Which of the following statements is correct
Maximum polarization is brought about by a cation of high charge
Minimum polarization is brought about by a cation of low radius
A large cation is likely to bring about a large degree of polarization
A small anion is likely to undergo a large degree of polarization
- AgI>AgBr>AgCl>AgF
- AgF>AgCl>AgBr>AgI
- AgCl>AgF>AgBr>AgI
- AgBr>AgF>AgI>AgCl
If the solubility of lithium sodium hexafluoroaluminate, Li3Na3(AlF6)2 is 's' mol L−1, its solubility product is equal to -
s8
12s3
18s3
2916s8
- MgS
- Na2S
- MgCl2
- NaCl
- I−>Br−>Cl−>F−
- I−>Br−=Cl−>F−
- I−=Br−=Cl−>F−
- I−=Br−=F−<Cl−
Which of these pairs of elements would be most likely to form an ionic compound?
C and S
Cl and Mg
Cl and I
Al and K
What happens if factors in column A are increased?
ABA) Cation sizeI)More CovalentB) Cation chargeII) Less ionicC) Anion SizeIII) More CovalentD) Anion ChargeIV) More ionic
C - IV, B - I, A - III or I, D - III or II
A - IV, B - II, C - III or I, D - III or I
B - IV, C - II, A - III or I, D - III or I
D - IV, B - II, C - III or I, A - III or I
Which compound is highest covalent
LiCl
LiF
LiBr
Lil
- Ag+ has 18 electron shell to screen the nuclear charge
- Ag+ shows pseudo inert gas configuration
- Distortion of I− is more pronounced than Cl− ion
- Distortion of Ag+ ion is more in case of AgI
(i) Polarizability of S2− is lesser than Se2−
(ii) Polarizability of S2− is higher than Cl−
(iii) polarizability of S2− is lesser than P3−
(iv) Polarizability of O2− is higher than S2−
- I, II, and III
- I and II
- II and IV
- None of these
(I) Polarisability of S2− is lower than Se2−
(II) Polarisability of S2− is higher than Cl−
(III) Polarisability of S2− is lower than P3−
(IV) Polarisability of O2− is higher than S2−
- I, II and III
- I and II
- II and IV
- All of these
The correct order of decreasing polarisability of ion is :