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THE LIQUID STATE

THE LIQUID STATE

Select the lettered item which best completes each of the following : 1. The liquid state is characterised by the fact that (a) liquids have definite volumes (b) the intermolecular forces are moderate (c) the mean free path is nearly equal to the molecular diameter (d) all of these The vapour pressure of a liquid (a) always increases with temperature (b) always decreases with temperature (c) is independent of temperature (d) increases only up to the boiling point Liquids diffuse slowly as compared to gases because (a) liquids have no fixed shape (b) the molecule of liquids are heavy (c) the mean free path of the molecules of liquids is very short (d) the molecules are held together by strong intermolecular forces The height to which a liquid will rise in a capillary tube which it wets is inversely proportional to the (a) temperature (b) air pressure (c) surface tension (d) the radius of the tube With increase in temperature surface tension of a liquid (a) decreases (b) increases (c) remains constant (d) increases upto boiling point The rise of a liquid in a capillary tube which it wets is due to (a) osmosis (b) diffusion (c) viscosity (d) surface tension The S.I. units of surface tension are (a) dynes/cm (b) Nm1 2 (c) Nm (d) none of these Which of the following liquids is expected to have the highest surface tension ? (a) water (b) nitrobenzene 9.

(c) benzene

(d) acetone

From Troutons rule, the latent heat of vaporisation per mole of a liquid divided by its boiling point temperature in kelvin is a constant which is about (a) 6.3 (b) 3.0 (c) 22.0 (d) 50.0

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10. The vapour pressure of CCl4 at 77C is 760 mm Hg. The latent heat of vaporisatin is nearly (a) 1617 cals (b) 3790 cals (c) 7350 cals (d) 9340 11. Which substance is likely to have the highest vapour pressure at any given temperature ? (a) C2H6 (b) C3H8 (c) C4H10 (d) C5H12 12. When one of liquid water is placed in a 100 cm3 flask at 25C, it eventually establishes a constant pressure of 24 mm Hg. Of a 200 cm3 flask were used instead the fluid pressure would be (a) 12 mm Hg (b) 24 mm Hg (c) 48 mm Hg (d) 760 mm Hg 13. For a liquid in equilibrium with its vapour, a straight line is obtained by plotting (a) P vs T (b) log p vs T (c) log p vs
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14. Reducing the pressure on a liquid with a vacuum pump can cause (a) boiling (b) freezing (c) evaporation (d) all of these 15. The boiling point of any liquid is (a) 100C (b) the temperature at which as many molecules leave the liquid as return to it (c) the temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal to 760 mm of Hg (d) the temperature at which no molecules can return to the bulk of liquid 16. B.P. of water, acetone, ether is 100C, 56 C and 34C respectively. Which of the following conclusion is false ? (a) ether has highest vapour

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(b) inter-molecular forces in water are stronger than those in acetone and ether (c) molar heat of vaporisation of water is larger than that of acetone and or ether (d) molar heat of vapour of acetone or ether is larger than that of water 17. The triple point is (a) the temperature above which the liquid phase cannot exist (b) usually found at a temperature very close to the normal boiling point (c) the temperature at which the vapour of a liquid in 3 times the value at 25C (d) the value of the temperature and pressure at which solid, liquid and gas may exist in equilibrium 18. Poise celles equation for the flow of a liquid through a capillary is The flow time for water (d = 1 g per cm , n = 0.08 poises) in the Ostwald viscometer is 240 s at 25C. If 160 seconds are required for the same volume of liquid (d = 0.9 g per cm3) to flow, then n for the liquid is (a) 0.00148 P (b) 0.005170 P (c) 0.002585 P (d) 0.002980 P 19. The internal resistance to flow between two liquid layers is called its (a) interfacial tension (b) fluidity (c) viscosity (d) surface tension 20. Viscosity of a liquid is affected by (a) size (b) shape (c) temperature (d) all of these 21. Which of the following hydrocarbons has highest viscosity ? (a) n pentane (b) n hexane (c) n heptane (d) n octane 22. Which one of the following has lowest viscosity ? (a) n pentane (b) isopentane (c) neo-pentane (d) 2, 3-dimethyl butane 23. Which is more viscous of the following ? (a) water (b) glycol (c) glycerol (d) ethyl alcohol 24. Which of the following properties increases with increase of temperature ? (a) vapour pressure (b) surface tension (c) viscosity (d) fluidity
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25. Parachor of a liquid for which r is surface tension and d is the density of liquid is defnied as
[ Parachor] = M 1/ 4 r D

which of the following a purely constitutive property ? (a) molar refraction (b) Parachor (c) optical rotation (d) molar heat of vaporisation 26. Parachor is a/an (a) additive property (b) constitutive property (c) both additive and constitutive properties (d) none of these 27. Diethyl ether boils at 35 C and at 1 atm pressure. Use troutons rule to fond molar heat of vaporisation. It is computed to be (a) 7920 cals (b) 6500 cals (c) 540 cals (d) 3800 cals 28. Estimate the boiling point of water at 24 torr pressure (a) log (b) log
760 9720 1 1 = T 373 24 2.303 1.99

1 p2 Hv 1 = p 1 2.303R T1 T2

(c) 298 K (d) all of these 29. The heat of fusion of water at 0C is 1.44 kcals mole1, calculate s for the process H2O H2O(s) at 0C (a) 5.27 cals/deg-mole (b) +5.27 cals/deg-mole (c) 1.44 cals/deg-mole (d) +1.44 cals/deg-mole 30. Which of the following is an additional property ? (a) lowering in vapour pressure (b) Parachor (c) molecular weight (d) optical rotation 31. The unit poise is used as a measure of (a) surface tension (b) adiabatic expansion (c) osmotic pressure (d) viscosity

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