CMC Medical CMC-Medical Ludhiana Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    Potassium is kept in

    A)  alcohol                                

    B)  water

    C)  kerosene           

    D)  liquid ammonia

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Alkali metals are highly reactive metals. They react with (a) Alcohol-\[2{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH+2K\to 2{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OK+{{H}_{2}}\]  (b)Water -    \[2K+2{{H}_{2}}O\to 2KOH+{{H}_{2}}\] Ammonia: (d)\[K+(x+y)N{{H}_{3}}\to \underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  \text{ammoniated} \\  \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\text{cation} \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{[K\,{{(N{{H}_{3}})}_{x}}]}^{+}}}}\,+\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  \text{ammoniated} \\  \,\,\,\,\,\text{electron} \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{[e\,{{(N{{H}_{3}})}_{y}}]}^{-}}}}\,\] But they do not react with kerosene.


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