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Chapter 7 : The p-Block Elements
Q. Why does NH3 form hydrogen bond but PH3 does not?
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Q. Discuss the trends in chemical reactivity of group 15 elements.
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Q. Explain why NH3 is basic while BiH3 is only feebly basic.
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Q. Illustrate how copper metal can give different products on reaction with HNO3.
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Q. Why does the reactivity of nitrogen differ from phosphorus?
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Q. Justify the placement of O, S, Se, Te and Po in the same group of the periodic table in terms of electronic configuration, oxidation state and hydride formation.
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Q. How is nitrogen prepared in the laboratory? Write the chemical equations of the reactions involved.
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Q. Why is dioxygen a gas but sulphur a solid?
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Q. Give the disproportionation reaction of H3PO3.
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Q. Which aerosols deplete ozone?
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Q. Give reasons for the following:
R3P=O exists but R3N=O does not, R is an alkyl group?
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Q. Discuss the general characteristics of Group 15 elements with reference to their electronic configuration, oxidation state, atomic size, ionisation enthalpy and electronegativity
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Q. Give the resonating structures of NO2 and N2O5
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Q. Knowing the electron gain enthalpy values for OO and OO2 as 141 and 702 kJ mol1 respectively, how can you account for the formation of a large number of oxides having O2 species and not O?
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Q. Can PCl5 act as an oxidising as well as a reducing agent? Justify.
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Q. Write main differences between the properties of white phosphorus and red phosphorus.
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Q. Nitrogen exists as diatomic molecule and phosphorus as P4. Why?
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Q. How is ammonia manufactured industrially?
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Q. Why does nitrogen show catenation properties less than phosphorus?
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Q. The HNH angle value is higher than HPH, HAsH and HSbH angles. Why?
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