Related InterviewSolutions

• Why is carbon different from other member of the group?
• Why does the covalence of carbon not expand beyond four?
• Why does carbon show different allotropic forms?
• Why does the heavier elements do not form pπ – pπ multiple bond as carbon do?
• What is producer gas?
• How does boron interact with NaOH?
• Why does the reactivity of nitrogen differ from phosphorus?
• Arrange the following halides of boron in the increasing order of acidic character: BF3, BCl3, BBr3, BI3.
• How does metallic and non-metallic character vary in a group?
• Discuss the trends in chemical reactivity of group 15 elements.