Q.

The stability of Cu2+ is more than Cu+ salts in aqueous solution due to             [2023]

1 hydration energy  
2 second ionisation enthalpy  
3 first ionisation enthalpy  
4 enthalpy of atomization  

Ans.

(1)

The stability of Cu(aq)2+ rather than Cu(aq)+ is due to the much more negative ΔhydH° of Cu(aq)2+ than Cu(aq)+, which more than compensates for the second ionisation enthalpy of Cu.