WEEKLY TEST
ELECTRIC CHARGE
[Link] point charges q and – 2 q are kept d distance apart, find the location of the point
relative to charge to q at which potential due to this system is zero.
[Link] is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10-7C and 3
× 10-7 C placed 30cm apart in air?
3.A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a surface charge density
of 180 μC/m2
(a) Find the charge on the sphere.
(b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere?
[Link] charges +3µC and -3µC are separated by a very small distance of 5mm.
a. What is the name of the above arrangement?
b. If the above arrangement is placed in a uniform electric field of intensity 3 × 10-5 N/C with
its axis perpendicular to the field direction. What is the torque acting on it?
c. If the arrangement is placed in a non uniform electric field, what happens?
[Link] infinite line charge produces a field of 9 x 104 N C-1 at a distance of 0.02 m. Calculate
the linear charge density.
ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL
1. An air capacitor is given a charge of 2µC raising its potential to 200 V. If on inserting a
dielectric medium, its potential falls to 50 V. What is the dielectric constant of the medium.
[Link] point charges, q1 = 10 × 10-8C, q2 = -2 × 10-8C are seperated by a distance of 60 cm
in air.
(i) Find at what distance from the 1st charge, q1 would the electric potential be zero.
(ii) Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system
[Link] the expression for energy stored in a capacitor
4.A 12 V battery is linked to three identical capacitors C1, C2, and C3, with capacitances of
6F each.
Answer the following questions.
(i) What charge will be present on each capacitor?
(ii) What will the equivalent capacitance of the network be?
(iii) What will the energy stored in the network of capacitors be?
5.A 600pF capacitor is charged by a 200V supply. It is then
disconnected from the supply and is connected to another
uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy is lost in the process?
SOLUTIONS
[Link] the terms, ‘osmosis’ and ‘osmotic pressure’.
What is the advantage of using osmotic pressure as compared to other colligative properties
for the determination of molar masses of solutes in solutions
[Link] nitric acid used in laboratory work is 68% nitric acid by mass in aqueous
solution. What should be the molarity of such a sample of the acid if the density of the
solution is 1.504 g mL–1
[Link] the mass of a non-volatile solute (molecular mass 40) which should be dissolved
in 114 g octane to reduce the vapour pressure to 80%
[Link] vapour pressure of pure liquids A and B at 400 K are 450 and 700 mmHg respectively.
Find out the composition of liquid mixture if total vapour pressure at this temperature is 600
mmHg
5.(a) Differentiate between molarity and molality for a solution.
How does a change in temperature influence their values?
(b) Calculate the freezing point of an acqueous solution containing 10.50 g of MgBr2 in 200
g of water. (Molar mass of MgBr2 = 184 g) (Kf for water = 1.86 K kg mol-1
HALOALKANE
[Link] reaction of toluene with Cl2 in the presence of FeCl3 gives ‘X’ and the reaction with
Cl2 in presence of light gives ‘Y’. Thus ‘X’ and ‘Y’ are:
[Link] : (i) Benzene to m-nitrochlorobenzene (ii) Benzene to diphenyl
[Link] happens when : (i) Propene is treated with HBr in presence of peroxide. (ii) Benzene
is treated with methyl chloride in presence of AlCl3
[Link] the order of reactivity of the following compounds in SN1 reaction :
C6H5CH2Br, C6H5C(CH3) (C6H5)Br, C6H5CH(C6H5)Br, C6H5CH(CH3)Br
5.,How would you differentiate between S<subN1 and SN2 mechanisms of substitution
reactions? Give one example of each.
ALCOHOL PHENOLS
[Link] the following reactions giving a chemical equation for each :
(i) Kolbe’s reaction
(ii) Williamsons synthesis of an ether
[Link] are the following conversions carried out?
(i) Propene to propan-2-ol (ii) Ethylmagnesium chloride to propan-1-ol.
[Link] will you convert:
(i) Phenol to 2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol?
[Link] reasons for the following :
(i) Phenol is more acidic than methanol.
(ii) The C—O—H bond angle in alcohols is slightly less than the tetrahedral angle (190°28′).
(iii) (CH3)3C—O—CH3 on reaction with HI gives (CH3)3C—I and CH3—OH as the main
products and not (CH3)3C—OH and CH3—I. (
[Link] would you obtain
(i) Picric acid (2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol) from phenol,
(ii) 2-Methylpropene from 2-methylpropanol?