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How do the solubilities of alkaline earth metal sulphate and carbonates vary down the group and why?

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Solubilities of alkaline earth metal sulphate and carbonate decrease down the group because lattice energy dominates over by hydration energy.
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY-APPENDIX - INORGANIC VOLUME 1-Exercise Short
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  2. Give any two features of Mendeleev's periodic table.

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  3. How do the solubilities of alkaline earth metal sulphate and carbonate...

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  4. why is melting point of LiCI lower than NaCI?

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  5. Arrange the following in increasing order: a. BeCO(3),BaCO(3),CaCO(3...

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  6. Which alkali metal carbonate is thermally unstable and why?

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  7. Out of O and S which has higher electron affinity and why?

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  8. What is diagonal relationship? Why does Li resemble with Mg?

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  9. Give four characteristics of f-block elements. Why are they called inn...

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  10. Why are electron affinities of noble gases zero? Arrange halogens in i...

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  11. Arrange the species in each group in order of increasing ionisation en...

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  12. What are the factors that affect electron affinity?

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  13. Explain the term (a) screening effect (b) penetration effect and ( c )...

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  14. a. Explain why the second ionisation energy of B is significantly high...

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  15. a. How does basic character of oxides and hydroxides vary down the gro...

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  16. a. Among Cu^(o+),Cu^(2+) and Cu which is the largest in size and why? ...

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  17. Give five characteristics of p-block elements.

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  18. Give advantages of long form of periodic table.

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  19. Elements A and B have atomic numbers 11and 24 respectively. Write the...

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  20. How do melting and boiling points vary in a (a) period and (b) group i...

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