1. Metal carbonates decompose on heating to give metal oxides and carbon dioxide. Which of the following metal carbonates is most thermaly stable?
Explanation:Thermal stability of carbonates of alkaline earth metal increases down the group. This is because of the fact that charge density of metal ions decreases due to increase in atomic size from top to bottom in the group. Metal ion with high charge density causes distortion of carbonate ions and results in formation of CO2 easily as compared to metal ions with lower charge density. Therefore, a metal ion with lower charge density has lesser chances of breaking down the carbonate and requires high energy.
2. For a mixture containing 50% (+)tartaric acid and 50% (-)tartaric acid, which of following statements is correct?
Explanation: (+) tartaric acid is dextro rotatory as it rotates plane polarized light in clockwise direction and (-) tartaric acid is levorotatory as it rotates plane polarized light in anti-clockwise direction. A racimic mixture contains 50% (+) and 50% (-) forms is optically inactive.