pBlock ElementsII - Result Question 104

####101. Explain the following in one or two sentences.

(i) Magnesium oxide is used for the lining of steel making furnace.

(ii) The mixture of hydrazine and hydrogen peroxide with a copper (II) catalyst is used as a rocket fuel.

(iii) Orthophosphorous acid is not tribasic acid.

(iv) The molecule of magnesium chloride is linear, whereas that of stannous chloride is angular.

(1987,4M)

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Solution:

  1. (i) MgO is used for the lining of steel making furnace because it forms slag with impurities, and thus helps in removing them from iron.

(ii) The mixture of N2H4 and H2O2 (in presence of Cu (II) catalyst) is used as a rocket propellant because the reaction is highly exothermic and large volumes of gases is evolved.

N2H4(l)+2H2O2(l)N2(g)+4H2O(g)

(iii) In orthophosphorus acid (H3PO3) only two of the three H are replaceable as

(Only H of OH are acidic)

(iv) In MgCl2,Mg is sp-hybridised while in SnCl2,Sn is sp2-hybridised with a lone pair at Sn. Hence, MgCl2 is linear while SnCl2 is angular.



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