Inorganic Chemistry

I. From the following pairs, select the item which exhibits a greater magnitude of the indicated property and
write your choice on your answer sheet. If both exhibit the property to the same extent, write equal.
Provide an explanation for your answer.

1. Reducing property; Li, 9F

2. Electron affinity; 17Cl, 35Br
3. Dipole moment; IF, BrCl
4. Solubility in water; CH3CH2OH, CH3OCH3
5. Melting point; C6H12O6, C12H22O11
6. Stronger acid; HCl, HNO3
7. Higher degree of ionization; HCl, HNO3
8. Stability of the atom; 12C, 14C
9. Bigger bond angle; CO2, SO2
10. Higher vapor pressure; 1M NaCl, 1M Sucrose
11. Boiling point of solution; 1M KCl, 1M K2CrO4
12. Solubility in water; NH3, H2S
13. Higher heat of Solution; 1M HCl, 1M CH3COOH
14. Higher pH; 1M HCl, 1M CH3COOH
15. More basic oxide; K2O, CuO

II. Solve each of the following problems.

16. In an acetylene welding torch, acetylene gas and oxygen gas react according to the equation:
2C2H2 + 5O2  4CO2 + 2H2O
How many moles of oxygen is needed to react with 39.0 grams of acetylene.
17. A 16.42 ml volume of 0.1327M KMnO4 solution is needed to oxidize 20.00 ml of a FeSO4 solution in
an acidic medium. What is the concentration of the FeSO4 solution?
18. How many carbon atoms are present in a 24-carat diamond?
19. The aluminum sulfate hydrate [Al2(SO4)3 ● XH2O] contains 8.20 percent of aluminum by mass.
Calculate X.
20. A mixture of 60.42g of sodium carbonate and sodium hydrogen carbonate is heated. The loss in mass
is 8.415g. Calculate the percent by mass of sodium hydrogen carbonate in the mixture.
21. A 0.9157g mixture of CaBr2 and NaBr is dissolved in water, and AgNO3 is added to the solution to
form AgBr precipitate. If the mass of the precipitate is 1.6930g, what is the percent by mass of NaBr
in the original mixture?
22. The edge length of the NaCl unit cell is 564 pm. What is the density of NaCl in g/cm3?
23. A substance that crystallizes in a cubic closed-packed structure whose density is 19.4 g/cm3 has an
atomic radius of 144 pm. What is the identity of this substance?
24. What is the pH of a 1 X 10-7 M HCl solution?
25. Write the name of [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2 ?

III. Explain the following trends.

26. The melting points are higher for group 2 than for group 1.
27. Lewis basicity generally goes in the order N < P > As > Sb > Bi .
28. pKa, for H2CO3 is approximately -2.
29. Ag2O is more soluble than Ag2S.
30. Fe (OH)3 is less soluble than Fe(OH)2.
IV. Answer the following question.

31. Which is more soluble; H2O or Ag2S

32. What is the point group of Hydrogen peroxide?
33. Which is more stable;
34. What is the point group of

35. What is the ground state spectral term of d2?

36. What is the spin only moment of an octahedral [Fe (H2O) 6]3+?
37. Which is more stable: SF6 or SF4
38. What is the hybridization of nitrogen in
39. If a small quantity of sulfide ion is introduced into the mixture of Zn2+ and Pb2+,
what will precipitate first?
40. Dolomite, a well-known mineral has the formula CaMgCO3. If temperature rises it undergoes thermal
metamorphism giving off CO2 and forming the carbonate of one metallic element and the oxide of the
other. Which metal form the oxide, and which the carbonate?

V. Consider the following diagram

41. What do you call these diagrams?

42. What does the diagram tells about the stability of iron and copper?

43. What are the forms of manganese that is

unstable towards disproportionation.
44. What are the disproportionation
products of the answer in 43
45. Does pH affects the stability of the
species of manganese?
46. Why is it that acidic solution of
manganese has higher electromotive
potential than basic solution.
47. What is the most stable oxidation state
of manganese in acidic solution
48. What will happen to a basic solution of
(MnO4)3-?
49. Calculate the standard electrode
potential of a solution of Cu+ and Fe2+
50. Construct a porbaix diagram for Fe(OH)3