Physical Chemistry

1. Why cutting onions taken from the fridge is more comfortable than cutting onions lying at room
temperature? 1
2. What is minimum boiling Azeotrope . 1
3. Which substance is usually added into water in the car radiator to act as antifreeze? 1
4. What is the difference between physisorption and chemisorption? 2
5.. Explain what is observed when a beam of light is passed through a colloidal sol. 2
6. What do you mean by activity and selectivity of catalysts? 2
7. Define F centers and n-type semiconductors. 2
8. Define the following terms with suitable examples Ferromagnetism Paramagnetism 2
9. Define the term Molar Conductance and S.H.E. 2
10. Name the cell used for low current devices like hearing aids, watches etc. Also give the half-cell
reactions for such a cell? 2
11. Show that in a first order reaction, time required for completion of 99.9% is 10 times of half-life (t1/2) of
the reaction. 3