AFMC AFMC Solved Paper-2007

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    Potassium is kept in

    A) alcohol                                 

    B) water

    C) kerosene            

    D) liquid ammonia

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Alkali metals are highly reactive metals. They react with Alcohol - \[2{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH+2K\to 2{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OK\]\[+{{H}_{2}}\] (b) Water - \[2K+2{{H}_{2}}O\to 2KOH+{{H}_{2}}\] (d) Ammonia: \[K+(x+y)N{{H}_{3}}\to \underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  ammoniated \\  cation \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{[K{{(N{{H}_{3}})}_{x}}]}^{+}}}}\,\] \[\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  ammoniated \\  electron \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{+{{[e{{(N{{H}_{3}})}_{y}}]}^{-}}}}\,\] But they do not react with kerosene


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