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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · p Block Elements (Group 13 & 14)

Identify the correct statements from the following. i) Quartz is a piezoelectric material
ii) All group 14 tetrachlorides except CCl4 are easily hydrolyzed in water.
iii) The C-C bond distance within the layer of graphite is 154pm.
iv) SiO2 is soluble in aqueous HCl solution.

  1. A i, iii
  2. B i, ii
  3. C iii, iv
  4. D ii, iv
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(B) i, ii

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1) Quartz is hard, crystalline mineral composed of silicon and oxygen. The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between the two tetrahedra. The first piezoelectric material used in electronic devices is the…