Jibananda Paul and Subrata Kumar Choudhury Solutions for Chapter: Inorganic Chemistry in the Laboratory and in Industry, Exercise 1: EXERCISE

What is 'oleum'? Give its formula.

Name the catalyst and promoters used in Haber's process of manufacture of ammonia.

What are the chemicals used in the laboratory preparation of ammonia. Give the reaction.

Why concentrated nitric acid not used in the preparation of $\mathrm{HCl}$?

Hydrogen chloride is passed into toluene solution. The solution does not turn blue litmus red- Why?

Why ${\mathrm{P}}_2{\mathrm{O}}_5$ is not used as a drying agent for ammonia?

[A] when heated with slaked lime a gas B is obtained. [B] has a pungent smell and its aqueous solution turns colourless phenolphthalein pink.
Identify [A] and [B].

State the nature of bonding present in ammonia. Show it with a diagram.