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Why does `ZnO` show increased electrical conductivity and turns yellow on heating?

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To understand why zinc oxide (ZnO) shows increased electrical conductivity and turns yellow on heating, we can break down the explanation into a series of steps: ### Step 1: Heating of Zinc Oxide When ZnO is heated, it undergoes thermal decomposition. The heat causes the ZnO to dissociate into zinc ions (Zn²⁺) and oxygen gas (O₂), along with the release of two electrons (2e⁻). **Hint:** Heating causes a chemical change in ZnO, leading to the formation of charged species. ### Step 2: Formation of Charged Species ...
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY ENGLISH-NCERT BASED EXERCISE-Short Answer Type Questions
  1. How many allotropic forms of Carbon exist?

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  2. How can a substance be made amorphous?

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  5. Why the defectsof the crystalline solids are called thermodynamic defe...

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  6. Why stoichiometric defects are also called intrinsic defects?

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  7. Give the name of one solid which shows both Schottky and Frenkel defec...

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  8. why is Frenkel defects not found in pure alkali metal halides ?

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  9. why does table salt ,NaCl sometimes appear yellow in colour?

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  10. How do the electrical conductivity and resistivity of metallic conduct...

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  11. What is energy gap in bond theory?

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  12. What is photo voltaic cell?

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  13. What happens when ferrimagnetic Fe(3)O(4) is heated to 850 K?

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  14. What happens when ferromagnetic substance is heated to high temperatur...

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  15. Which type of defect is product when NaCl is dopped with AlCl(3)?

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  16. Which point defect lowers the density of a crystal?

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  17. At what temperature range most of the metals becomes superconductors

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  18. What is curie temperature?

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  19. Name the compound that can be added to AgCl so as to produce cation va...

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  20. Why does Frenkel defect not change the density of AgCl crystals?

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