The hydration energy of Mg⁺⁺ is larger than that of:

The IUPAC name of the compound having the formula is :

When 16.8 g of white solid X were heated, 4.4 g of acid gas A, that turned lime water milky was driven off together with 1.8 g of a gas B which condensed to a colourless liquid.

The solid that remained, Y, dissolved in water to give an alkaline solution, which with excess barium chloride solution gave a white precipitate Z. The precipitate efferversced with acid giving off carbon dioxide. Identify A, B and Y and write down the equation for the thermal decomposition of X.

There exists a value of $$\theta $$ between 0 and $$2\pi $$ that satisfies the equation $$\,\,{\sin ^4}\theta - 2{\sin ^2}\theta - 1 = 0.$$