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Chemistry: Post your doubts here!

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Construct balanced equations for combustion for each of the first 4 alkanes and figure out how much volume you obtain. I'll do one of them to show you how it's like:

CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O

10 cm^3 of CH3 will react with 20 cm^3 of oxygen, leaving 50 behind as residual gas. You also have 10 cm^3 of CO2, so thte total volume left is 60 cm^3.

You would also do this for the other alkanes, but since the only graph that starts with 60 cm^3 is D, you don't have to bother will the others.

I will do 11 and 14 later because they're quite long. #14 is mainly math though, just balance the equations for each metal and use ratio to figure out which one is the right answer.

Thank you so much ! i had been waiting for someone to reply my answer. I'll be waiting for 11 & 14 :)
& please can you answer the other Question too, i had posted.
 
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haha... this is again not a perfect reason... increase in pressure favours the side where there are less number of moles..:)
3H2 + N2 ---> 2NH3... reactants have 3+1 = 4 moles while products have only 2 moles.... so reaction proceeds to the side with less no of reacting moles...
I was refering to the question..the %age yeild increases because the forward reaction is favoured:p
 
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There was an equillibrium Question i did the chemistry part.

0.0200= b/(1.00-b)
0.0200 x (1.00 - b ) =b
0.0200 - 0.0200 b = b
1.02 b = 0.0200
b = 0.0200 / 1.02
= 0.0196 mol

The above is the algebra part, can anyone explain me the 4th line how did 1.02 come from ? :confused:
 
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y r tertiary alcohols resistent to oxidation?
how is the substitution reaction of an alcohol wit a hydrogen halide a nucleophilic substitution?cuz as far as i noe -nucleophiles are electron donors so wer is the donation of electrons taking place here??:unsure:
 
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y r tertiary alcohols resistent to oxidation?
how is the substitution reaction of an alcohol wit a hydrogen halide a nucleophilic substitution?cuz as far as i noe -nucleophiles are electron donors so wer is the donation of electrons taking place here??:unsure:
Did u try googling it?? :p
nywy...The answer to this question depends on your point of view. From a thermodynamic point of view tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation, due to the fact that C-C single bonds are stable. Simply speaking, a carbon atom surrounded by three further carbon atoms and a C-O single bond will be more stable than a carbon atom surrounded by two carbon atoms and a C=O group. Quantum mechanical (ab-initio) calculations show that C-C single bonds are slightly electron donating with respect to each other, this means that the central carbon atom of a tertiary alcohol will be more stable than its oxidised analogue - therefore tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation under standard conditions.

One thing to note! Tertiary alcohols are only resistant to oxidation under standard conditions with mild oxidising agents - oxidation of tertiary alochols is possible, albeit under quite extreme conditions.
 
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Did u try googling it?? :p
nywy...The answer to this question depends on your point of view. From a thermodynamic point of view tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation, due to the fact that C-C single bonds are stable. Simply speaking, a carbon atom surrounded by three further carbon atoms and a C-O single bond will be more stable than a carbon atom surrounded by two carbon atoms and a C=O group. Quantum mechanical (ab-initio) calculations show that C-C single bonds are slightly electron donating with respect to each other, this means that the central carbon atom of a tertiary alcohol will be more stable than its oxidised analogue - therefore tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation under standard conditions.

One thing to note! Tertiary alcohols are only resistant to oxidation under standard conditions with mild oxidising agents - oxidation of tertiary alochols is possible, albeit under quite extreme conditions.
thnxxxx....dat helped..:)
ps.nope i dint try googling it..!! ;P
 
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how is the substitution reaction of an alcohol wit a hydrogen halide a nucleophilic substitution?cuz as far as i noe -nucleophiles are electron donors so wer is the donation of electrons taking place here??:unsure:
its a nucleophilic substitution bcoz d C atom bonded to the hydroxyl grp will carry a partially positive charge (diff in electronegativity of O n C).
This makes it open to nucleophilic attack. ie the partially -ve halogen atom in hydrogen halide will attack the bond btw the C n hydroxyl grp..
Hope i helped!!;)
 
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