What do you expect the nature of hydride | Class 11 Chemistry Chapter Hydrogen, Hydrogen NCERT Solutions

Question:

What do you expect the nature of hydrides is, if formed by elements of atomic numbers 15, 19, 23 and 44 with dihydrogen? Compare their behaviour towards water.

Answer:

The elements of atomic numbers 15, 19, 23, and 44 are nitrogen, potassium, vanadium, and ruthenium respectively.

1) Hydride of nitrogen

Hydride of nitrogen (NH3) is a covalent molecule. It is an electron-rich hydride owing to the presence of excess electrons as a lone pair on nitrogen.

 

2) Hydride of potassium

Dihydrogen forms an ionic hydride with potassium owing to the high electropositive nature of potassium. It is crystalline and non-volatile in nature.

 

3) Hydrides of Vanadium and Ruthenium

Both vanadium and ruthenium belong to the d-block of the periodic table. The metals of d-block form metallic or non-stoichiometric hydrides. Hydrides of vanadium and ruthenium are therefore, metallic in nature having a deficiency of hydrogen.

 

4) Behaviour of hydrides towards water

Potassium hydride reacts violently with water as: KH(s) + H2O(aq)  →  KOH(aq) + H2(g)

Ammonia (NH3) behaves as a Lewis base and reacts with water as:

H2O(l)  +  NH3(aq)  ↔   OH-(aq)  +  NH+ 4(aq)

Hydrides of vanadium and Ruthenium do not react with water. Hence, the increasing order of reactivity of the hydrides is (V, Ru) H < NH3 < KH.


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Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter . This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Excercise 1 , Question 33: What do you expect the nature of hydrides is, if formed by elements of atomic numbers 15, 19, 23 and....