
When aluminium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid, it produces aluminium chloride as a neutral salt and (hydrogen gas/water).

Important Questions on p-Block Elements - I
Given below are two statements:
Statement Colourless cupric metaborate is reduced to cuprous metaborate in a luminous flame.
Statement Cuprous metaborate is obtained by heating boric anhydride and copper sulphate in a non-luminous flame.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.











Reason : gets stability by accepting electrons from the bridged halogen

If an aqueous solution of aluminium chloride is heated till dryness, it will give:




Comprehension:
What is the compound A from the following observations?
Some observations related to an unknown inorganic substance A are presented below.
A has a molecular weight of 267, and it is a yellowish-white deliquescent solid, and it sublimes on heating.
A reacts violently with water, forming solution B.
When a solution of and is added to solution B, a white gelatinous precipitate is obtained.
A sample of B also gives a curdy white precipitate C on addition of dilute nitric acid and silver nitrate solution. This white precipitate C readily dissolves when dilute is added, though a gelatinous white precipitate D is formed in its place with excess
Precipitate D is filtered off and is dissolved in excess to give a clear solution E.
When is passed through solution E, compound D is re-precipitated.
Substance A unchanged in dry ether, when this solution is reacted with excess it transforms to G.



