The Pblock Elements Ques 5
5. Identify the correct statements from the following :
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(A) $CO_2(s)$ is used as refrigerant for ice-cream and frozen food.
(B) The structure of $C _{60}$ contains twelve five carbon rings and twenty five six carbon rings.
(C) ZSM-5, a type of zeolite, is used to convert alcohols into gasoline.
(D) $CO$ is colorless and odourless gas.
(a) (A) and (C) only
(b) (B) and (C) only
(c) (C) and (D) only
(d) (A), (B) and (C) only
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Solution:
- (d)
A. Dry ice, $CO_2(s)$, is used as refrigerant B. $C _{60}$ contains 20 six-membered rings, 12 five-membered rings
Zeolites are crystalline, 3D aluminosilicates. ZSM-5 contains two sets of perpendicular, intersecting channels, one is 10-membered and the other is 8-membered.
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