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Diploma
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Sketch a graph of resistance versus temperature for a conductor and a superconductor.

Important Questions on Materials

MEDIUM
Diploma
IMPORTANT

Copy and complete table 3.

Element Density / g cm-3 Length of cubic crystal edge/ pm Radius of atom from X-ray diffraction data/ pm Crystal type
iron     125 BCC
sodium 0.968 429    
platinum 21.09     FCC
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Diploma
IMPORTANT
What makes a group on a benzene ring either an ortho-para or a meta director?
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Diploma
IMPORTANT
Which pair of compounds can be used to prepare CH3COOCH3?
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Diploma
IMPORTANT
Nylon is a condensation polymer made up of hexanedioic acid and 1,6-diaminohexane. Which type of linkage is present in nylon?
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Diploma
IMPORTANT

Kevlar can be made by reacting 1,4-diaminobenzene, H2N-C6H4-NH2, with 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride, Cl-OC-C6H4-CO-Cl. Write the equation for the reaction of n molecules of 1,4-diaminobenzene reacting with n molecules of 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride.

EASY
Diploma
IMPORTANT

Hydroxyl free-radicals can be generated naturally in the body. This process is catalysed by iron in the following two steps:

Reaction 1: Fe3++·O2-Fe2++O2.
Reaction 2: Fe2++H2O2Fe3++·OH+OH-.

Use the above information to write the uncatalysed reaction.

EASY
Diploma
IMPORTANT

Hydroxyl free-radicals can be generated naturally in the body. This process is catalysed by iron in the following two steps:

Reaction 1: Fe3++·O2-Fe2++O2.
Reaction 2: Fe2++H2O2Fe3++·OH+OH-.

Deduce whether iron is acting as a heterogeneous or homogeneous catalyst and justify your answer.

EASY
Diploma
IMPORTANT

Hydroxyl free-radicals can be generated naturally in the body. This process is catalysed by iron in the following two steps:

Reaction 1: Fe3++·O2-Fe2++O2-.
Reaction 2: Fe2++H2O2Fe3++·OH+OH.

Show that reactions 1 and 2 are redox equations by writing the oxidation half-equation and the reduction half-equation for each.