JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry The p-block Elements-II / p-ब्लॉक तत्व-II Question Bank Nitrogen Family

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    Phosphine is generally prepared in the laboratory [CPMT 1983, 2003]

    A) By heating phosphorus in a current of hydrogen

    B) By heating white phosphorus with aqueous solution of caustic potash

    C) By decomposition of \[{{P}_{2}}{{H}_{4}}\] at \[{{110}^{o}}C\]

    D) By heating red phosphorus with an aqueous solution of caustic soda

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[\underset{\text{White}}{\mathop{{{P}_{4}}}}\,+3NaOH+3{{H}_{2}}O\,\to \,\underset{\text{Phosphine}}{\mathop{P{{H}_{3}}}}\,+3Na{{H}_{2}}P{{O}_{2}}\]


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