oxygen family chemical properties

Oxygen (dioxygen) is neutral and has no action towards blue or red litmus. It is a supporter of combustion. Oxygen is quite a stable compound due to high bond (dissociation) energy of O = O bond. Its bond energy is 495 kJ mol - 1 . So,..

Neutral character Oxygen is neither acidic nor basic. Both blue and red litmus are unaffected by oxygen..

With sodium Introduce a small piece of sodium metal into a jar of oxygen. It combines with oxygen to form sodium peroxide. Allow a piece of sodium to burn in a deflagrating spoon, and then introduce it into another jar of oxygen. It burns with a brilliant ..

When heated in air or oxygen, sulphur first melts and then burns with a blue flame to form sulphur dioxide and some traces of sulphur trioxid..

Chemical Properties - Hydrides - Both oxygen and sulphur are very reactive and the reactivity decreases as O > S > Se > Te. Oxygen is very reactive and reacts with almost all elements. Its reactivity is only slightly less than the most reac..

a) With hydrogen - Hydrogen burns in oxygen to form water vapor. A jet of hydrogen is burnt in oxygen, in an inverted funnel, as shown in figure (Fig.13.10). The product obtained, is sucked out through a test tube, kept immersed in cold water. The vapor condenses in the test tub..

Chemical Properties - The noble gases are generally inert and do not participate in the reactions easily. The inertness of noble gases is due to the following reasons. i) The atoms of noble gases have stable closed shell electronic configuration. ii) The noble gases have excepti..

Chemical Properties - Ethers are relatively inert compounds inspite of the presence of oxygen atom carrying two lone pairs of electrons in their molecules. These are not easily attacked by alkalis, dilute mineral acids, metallic sodium, PCl 5 etc. under ordinary condit..

Ethers are relatively inert compounds inspite of the presence of oxygen atom carrying two lone pairs of electrons in their molecules. These are not easily attacked by alkalis, dilute mineral acids, metallic sodium, PCl 5 etc. under ordinary conditions. It is because of this reason ..

Differences in chemical properties Metals have 1, 2 or 3 electrons in the outermost shell Non-metals have 4 to 8 electrons in the outermost shell Loses valence electrons and forms cations Gain or share valence electrons and form anions Electropositive ..