STD XII CBSE CHEMICAL KINETICS  9940374765

SUB: CHEMISTRY MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Define rate of the reaction

2. What is meant by Average rate and Intantaneous rate.
3. Define rate law and rate constant.
4. Difference Order and Molecularity.
5. Write the eg. of Zero order reaction and First order reaction.
6. Write the units of rate constant of the following.
(i) Zero order reaction
(ii) First order reaction
(iii) Second order reaction
(iv) Third order reaction
(v) nth order reaction.
7. Define the following
(i) Order
(ii) Molecularity
(iii) Rate determining step
8. Derive rate constant of Zero order reaction and also find its Half life period.
9. Derive rate constant of First Order reaction and also find its Half life period.
10. What is Half life period? Write t 1/2 formula for Zero order and First order
reaction
11. Derive rate constant First order reaction in case of Gas phase reaction.
12. What is Pseudo First order reaction ? Give eg.
13. Mention the factors that affect the rate of the reaction.
14. Write Graphical representation of the following
(i) For Zero order reaction, [R] Vs. Time
(ii) For First order reaction, ln R Vs. Time
(iii) For First order reaction, log [R0]/ [R] Vs. Time
15. Difference between Rate of the reaction and rate Constant
PROBLEM
1. For the reaction R → P, the concentration of a reactant changes from
0.03M to 0.02M in 25 minutes. Calculate the average rate of reaction using
units of time both in minutes and seconds.
2. In a reaction, 2A → Products, the concentration of A decreases from 0.5
mol L–1 to 0.4 mol L–1 in 10 minutes. Calculate the rate during this interval?
3. Identify the reaction order from each of the following rate constants.
(i) k = 2.3 × 10–5 L mol–1 s–1
(ii) k = 3 × 10–4 s–1
 (iii) R = K[A]1/2[B]3/2
(iv) R = K[ A]3/2 [B]-1
(v) K = 2.3x10-5L Mol-1S-1
(vi) K = 3x10-4S-1
(vii) R = K [A]1/2[B]2
(viii) R = K[NO]2
(ix) R = K[CH3CHO]3/2
(x) R = K[H2O2][I-]
(xi) R = K[C2H5Cl]
4. The conversion of molecules X to Y follows second order kinetics. If
concentration of X is increased to three times how will it affect the rate of
formation of Y ?
5. A first order reaction is found to have a rate constant, k = 5.5 × 10 -14 s-1 .
Find the half-life of the reaction.
6. Calculate the half-life of a first order reaction from their rate constants
given below:
(i) 200 s–1 (ii) 2 min–1 (iii) 4 years–1
7. For a first order reaction, show that time required for 99% completion is
twice the time required for the completion of 90% of reaction.
8. Show that in a first order reaction, time required for completion of 99.9% is
10 times of half-life (t 1/2) of the reaction.
9. A first order reaction has a rate constant 1.15 × 10-3 s-1. How long will 5 g of
this reactant take to reduce to 3 g?
10. Time required to decompose SO2Cl2 to half of its initial amount is 60
minutes. If the decomposition is a first order reaction, calculate the rate
constant of the reaction.
11. A first order reaction takes 40 min for 30% decomposition. Calculate t 1/2
12. The half-life for radioactive decay of 14C is 5730 years. An archaeological
artifact containing wood had only 80% of the 14C found in a living tree.
Estimate the age of the sample.
13. The rate constant for a first order reaction is 60 s–1. How much time will it
take to reduce the initial concentration of the reactant to its 1/16th value?
14. A reaction is second order with respect to a reactant. How is the rate of
reaction affected if the concentration of the reactant is (i) doubled (ii)
reduced to half ?
15. The decomposition of NH3 on platinum surface is zero order reaction. What
are the rates of production of N2 and H2 if k = 2.5 × 10–4 mol–1 L s –1?
16. A reaction is first order in A and second order in B.
(i) Write the differential rate equation.
(ii) How is the rate affected on increasing the concentration of B
three times?
(iii) How is the rate affected when the concentrations of both A
and B are doubled?
17. From the rate expression for the following reactions, determine their order
of reaction and the dimensions of the rate constants.
(i) 3NO(g) → N2O (g) Rate = k[NO]2
(ii) H2O2 (aq) + 3I– (aq) + 2H+ → 2H2O (l) + 3 I − Rate = k[H2O2 ][I- ]
(iii) CH3CHO (g) → CH4 (g) + CO(g) Rate = k [CH3CHO]3/2
(iv) C2H5Cl (g) → C2H4 (g) + HCl (g) Rate = k [C2H5Cl]
18. For the reaction: 2A + B → A2B the rate = k[A][B]2 with k = 2.0 × 10–6 mol–2 L2
s–1. Calculate the initial rate of the reaction when [A] = 0.1 mol L –1, [B] = 0.2
mol L–1. Calculate the rate of reaction after [A] is reduced to 0.06 mol L –1 .
19. In a pseudo first order reaction in water, the following results were
obtained:
t/s 0 30 60 90
[A]/ mol L –1 0.55 0.31 0.17 0.085
Calculate the average rate of reaction between the time interval 30 to 60
seconds.
20. For the reaction A→ B, the rate of reaction becomes twenty seven times
when the concentration of A is increased three times, What is the order of
the reaction?
21. For the reaction A→ B , the rate of reaction becomes three times when the
concentration A is increased by nine times, What is the order of reaction?
22. 87.5% of the substance disintegrated in 45 minutes in a first order
reaction.. What is the order of the reaction.
23. The following data were obtained during the first order thermal
decomposition of N2O5 (g) at constant volume: 2N2O5(g)→ 2N2O4(g) + O2(g)
S.No Time Total pressure(atm)
1. 0 0.5
2. 100 0.512
Calculate the rate constant.
24. In a reaction between A and B, the initial rate of reaction (r0 ) was
measured for different initial concentrations of A and B as given below:
A/mol L-1 0.20 0,20 0.40
B/ mol L-1 0.30 0.10 0.05
Rate mol L-1s- 5.07x10-5 5.07x10-5 1.43x10-4
1

What is the order of the reaction with respect to A and B?

25. The following results have been obtained during the kinetic studies of the
reaction:
2A + B → C + D
Experiment [A] mol L-1 [B]mol L-1 Rate of formation
of D mol L-1S-1
I 0.1 0.1 6.0 x 10-3
II 0.3 0.2 7.2 x 10-2
III 0.3 0.4 2.88 x10-1
IV 0.4 0.1 2.40 x 10-2
 Determine the rate law and the rate constant for the reaction.
26. The reaction between A and B is first order with respect to A and zero
order with respect to B. Fill in the blanks in the following table:

EXP. [A] mol L-1 [B]mol L-1 Initial rate mol L-1
s-1
I 0.1 0.1 2.0 x10-2
Ii ------ 0.2 4.0 x10-2
Iii 0.4 0.4 ----------
Iv -------- 0.2 2.0x10-2

27. Rate constant for first order reaction has been found to be2.54 x10-3S-1.
Calculate its three-fourth life.
28. The rate constant for a first order reaction is 60 s–1. How much time will it
take to reduce the initial concentration of the reactant to its 1/10th value?
29. When ln[R] against Time, in a graph.
(i) What is the order of the reaction?
(ii) What is the unit of rate constant.
(iii) What is the relation between rate constant and t1/2 of in this
reaction.
(iv) Give one eg, in this reaction.
(v) What is the slope of this reaction?.
30. The initial concentration of N2O5 in the following first order reaction
N2O5(g) → 2 NO2(g) + 1/2O2 (g) was 1.24 × 10–2 mol L–1 at 318 K. The
concentration of N2O5 after 60 minutes was 0.20 × 10–2 mol L–1, Calculate
the rate constant of the reaction at 318 K.
31. When [R]against Time in a graph,
(i) What is the order of the reaction?
(ii) What is the unit of rate constant.
(iii) What is the relation between rate constant and t1/2 of in this
reaction.
(iv) Give one eg, in this reaction.
(v) What is the slope of this reaction?.
32. SO2Cl2(g) → SO2(g + Cl 2(g))

S.No. Time in seconds Total

press.(atm)
1. 0 0.5
2. 100 0.6
Calculate the rate of reaction when total pressure is 0.65atm.