DR Owalude - S 1st Gift
DR Owalude - S 1st Gift
DR Owalude - S 1st Gift
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
CHM101(3) – General Physical Chemistry
1. Assume the reaction: A k Products, is a simple first-order decay. If the amount of A drops from an initial value at t = 0 of 0.5000
mol to 0.0625 mol in exactly 1 h. what is the rate constant k and half-life for the reaction?
Solution:
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2. A certain reaction is first-order; after 540 s, 32.5% of the reactant remains. What length of time would be required for 25% of the reactant
to be decomposed?
Solution:
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3. The gaseous reaction, A2 k 2A, is first-order in A2. If the half-life of the reaction is 1200 seconds, calculate the length of time
required to decompose 90% of A2.
Solution:
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4. The rate constant, k, for a zero-order reaction is 2 × 10-2 mol/L s. If the concentration of the reactant after 25 s is 0.5 M, calculate the
initial concentration of the reactant.
Solution:
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5. A hypothetical chemical reaction with a single reactant and negligible back reaction is 40.0% complete after 185 s at some fixed
temperature if the initial concentration is 0.100 mol L-1. If the reaction is first order, find the rate constant and the half-life.
Solution:
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6. Calculate the half-life for N2O5 at 25 °C and the fraction decomposed after 5 hours ; k = 3.38 x 10 -5 s-1.
Solution:
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7. One of the following statements is correct about the decay constant in radioactive decays.
(a) The value is not constant throughout the reaction.
(b) The value is not affected by any external influence.
(c) The value is affected by temperature and pressure only.
(d) The value cannot be determined.
8. Which of the following statements is true about “order” and “molecularity” of reactions?
(a) order is usually constant while molecularity varies.
(b) molecularity is usually twice the order.
(c) order can only be determined from experiments.
(d) molecularity is the same as order in all cases.
9. The half-life of a substrate in a certain enzyme-catalysed first-order reaction is 138 s. How long is required for the concentration of
substrate to fall from 1.28 mmol dm−3 to 0.040 mmol dm−3?
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10. The half-life of a certain first-order reaction at a certain temperature is 693 s. The initial concentration of the reactant is 0.1 mol dm −3.
Calculate the rate constant of the reaction and the concentration of substance five minutes after the start of the reaction.
Solution:
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(a) Zero-order reaction (b) First-order reaction (c) Both the above (d) Second-order reaction
12. For a zero-order reaction, the half-life depends on the initial concentration [A]0 of the reactant as
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13. Under a certain set of conditions, the rate of the reaction N2 + 3H2 2NH3 is 6.0 × 10−4 M/s. Calculate the time-rate of change for
the concentrations of N2, H2, and NH3.
Solution:
Due to the stoichiometry of the reaction,
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14. The rate of formation of NH3 in the reaction N2(g) + 3H2(g) → 2NH3(g) was reported as 1.2 mmol dm-3 s-1 under a certain set of
conditions. What is the rate of consumption of H2?
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15. A hypothetical zero-order reaction has a rate constant equal to 0.0150 mol L-1 s-1 at a certain temperature. If the initial concentration of the
single reactant is 1.000 mol L-1, find the concentration after a reaction time of 5.00 s at this temperature.
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