For a compound LiAl(SiO3)2, what is the charge on SiO3 unit? What is the arrangement of oxygen atoms around the silicon atom?
What are zeolites? What are the applications of zeolites?
Applications of zeolites. Zeolites are used:
(i) for softening of hard water
(ii) as desiccant
(iii) as a shape selective catalyst, e.g. ZSM-5 (zeolite sieve of molecular porosity 5) in converting methyl alcohol into gasoline (petrol),
(iv) as a catalyst in petrochemical industries
(v) as a detergent builder.
Explain the difference in properties of diamond and graphite on the basis of their structures.
Explain why is there a phenomenal decrease is ionisation enthalpy from carbon to silicon.