Physical and Chemical Properties of Actinoids

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Physical and Chemical Properties of Actinoids: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Atomic and Ionic Sizes of Actinoids, Radioactive Nature of Actinoids, Ionization Energies of Actinoids & Chemical Reactivity of Actinoids etc.

Important Questions on Physical and Chemical Properties of Actinoids

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Describe the Ionization Energies of Actinoids.

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Curium is the most reactive actinoid.

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Name the most reactive actinoid.

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Identify the most reactive actinoid.

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U3+ is a diamagnetic trivalent actinoid ion.

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Identify the paramagnetic ion(s) from the given trivalent actinoids.

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Identify the diamagnetic ion from the given trivalent actinoids.

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Discuss the magnetic nature of the trivalent actinoids.

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The colour is due to electronic transition within the 5f levels.

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Describe the colours of actinide cations.

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Transuranic elements are elements with atomic no. greater than _____. Americium(Am) is an example of a transuranic element.

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Which of the following actinoids show oxidation states upto +7?

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Actinides (*Ac) generally having more number of oxidation state as compared to lanthanoids (*La), because

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The highest possible oxidation state of plutonium is _______.

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If radium and chlorine combine to form radium chloride, the compound would be

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Most of the radioactive elements are in

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The Radioactive element which was discovered by Madam Curie and the name of which is based on her country is

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True and False

I. Ce+4 is an oxidizing agent & colourless.

II. Lu3+ is colourless.

III. Actinoids exhibit higher number of oxidation states than lanthanoid

IV. All 3d elements give H2 with 1M HCl