Monday, 27 February 2017

CBSE Class 12th Chemistry Chapter1 The Solid State -Part3

Class XII Chemistry Chapter 1 The Solid State NCERT Solution is given below.



Question 1.5:
How can you determine the atomic mass of an unknown metal if you know its density and the dimension of its unit cell? Explain.
Answer
By knowing the density of an unknown metal and the dimension of its unit cell, the atomic mass of the metal can be determined.
Let ‘a’ be the edge length of a unit cell of a crystal, ‘d’ be the density of the metal, ‘m’ be the atomic mass of the metal and ‘z’ be the number of atoms in the unit cell.

From equations (iii) and (iv), we can determine the atomic mass of the unknown metal.


Question 1.6:
‘Stability of a crystal is reflected in the magnitude of its melting point’. Comment. Collect melting points of solid water, ethyl alcohol, diethyl ether and methane from a data book.
What can you say about the intermolecular forces between these molecules?
Answer
Higher the melting point, greater is the intermolecular force of attraction and greater is the stability. A substance with higher melting point is more stable than a substance with lower melting point.
The melting points of the given substances are:
Solid water → 273 K
Ethyl alcohol → 158.8 K
Diethyl ether → 156.85 K
Methane → 89.34 K
Now, on observing the values of the melting points, it can be said that among the given substances, the intermolecular force in solid water is the strongest and that in methane is the weakest.

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