Carbon and Its Compounds - Chapter 3 - Chemistry: Q1) What Is Carbon? Ans)
Carbon and Its Compounds - Chapter 3 - Chemistry: Q1) What Is Carbon? Ans)
Carbon and Its Compounds - Chapter 3 - Chemistry: Q1) What Is Carbon? Ans)
This form of carbon was named after the American architect Buckminster Fuller,who was
famous for designing a large geodesic dome which looked similar (sort of) to the molecular
structure of C60. Many other balls of carbon called fullerenes,have since been made, including
C70, C76, and C84.These molecules have become known as "buckyballs".
Q20) List down the properties of fullerenes?
Ans) The properties of fullerenes are
i) The buckyball is a yellow crystalline solid.
ii) Fullerenes can be dissolved in various solvents.
iii) Some of the compounds of fullerenes act as super conductors at high temperature
Q21) Where does fullerenes occur?
Ans) It occurs as a constituent of soot. It is also found interstellar gas clouds.
Q22) What are the ueses of fullerenes?
Ans) The uses of fullerenes are:
i) Some compounds of fullerenes are good conductors of heat and electricity. Hence , they
may have applications in electronic devices.
ii) It can be used in cancer as well as AIDS therapy.
iii) It may be used in lubricants.
Q23) What are the amorphous forms of Carbon?
Ans) Amorphous forms of carbon mainly include charcoal, lampblack, gas carbon, coke and
coal.
Q24) What is Charcoal?
Ans) Charcoal is formed when carbon containing substances such as wood, bones and sugar
are heated in the absence of air.The process of the breakdown of organic substances such as
coal and wood on heating them strongly in the absence of air is known as destructive
distillation. During this process , the gases and liquids that are volatile escape leaving behind
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charcoal. Charcoal is black in colour, soft and porous. Depending on their sources, there are
three types of charcoal- wood charcoal, bone charcoal and sugar charcoal.
Q25) What is Wood Charcoal?
Ans) Wood charcoal is obtained by the destructive distillation of wood. The gases formed
during this process are carbondioxide carbon monoxide methane and hydrogen.This mixture
of gases is combustible and is known as wood gas. Wood Charcoal can be produced in the
laboratory by heating wood shavings in the absence of air.
Q26) List down the physical properties of wood charcoal?
Ans) The physical properties of wood charcoal:
i) It is grey black in colour, porous and brittle.
ii) It floats on water because of its porosity.
iii) It is bad conductor of heat and electricity.
iv) It adsorbs gases, liquids and solids. This property of attaracting gases, liquids or solids to
its surface by a solid is called adsorption.
Q27) What are the uses of wood charcoal?
Ans) The uses of wood charcoal:
i) Wood charcoal is a better fuel than wood because it burns better and causes less air
pollution.
ii) It is used in making gun powder used in guns and as blasting agents in mining.
iii) It is used as decolorizing agent , as it adsorbs coloured materials.
iv) It is used in deodorants as it adsorbs foul smelling gases.
v) Wood charcoal is used in gas masks for the removal of toxic compounds from the air.
vi) It is used in water filters to adsorb dissolved or supended substances and unpleasant
odour from water.
Q28) What is activated charcoal?
Ans) If wood charcoal is heated at around 900°C in alimited supply of air activated charcoal
is formed. Activated charcoal in powdered form Hs far more surface area than that of wood
charcoal. Hence it is more active than wood charcoal. Activated charcoal is used as acatalyst
to facilitate certain chemical reactions. Hydrogen reacts with chlorine very slowly. But
Hydrogen readily combines with chlorine adsorbed on activated charcoal, in dark. Activated
charcoal is also used to separate a mixture of noble gases, such as amixture of helium, argon,
neon and krypton. Activated charcoal adsorbs different gases at different temperatures.
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