Chem Notes 1st Year Chap 4
Important Questions Q In the hydrogen bonded structure of HF which is stronger bond. The shorter covalent or the longer Hydrogen bond between the different molecules. Ans: Hydrogen bond of HF is shown below Shorter covalent bond H___F is stronger than the longer Hydrogen bond F.....,H longer bond. The Covalent bond is twenty times Stronger than the hydrogen. Q In a very cold water fish in garden ponds owe their lives to H-bonding. Ans: When the temperature surroundings falls up to 4 C Degree water on the surface is freezes. During the process of freezing water molecule arrange in hexagonal fashion due to the hydrogen bonding and empty spaces are created. As a result volume of ice increases and density decreases. This layer of ice insulates the water under it for further heat loss which stays at 4 C degree as liquid. Hence fish can survive at this temperature and all this is due to the hydrogen bonding. Q