CHEMICAL KINETICS

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. 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 .
4. 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?
ORDER- RATE EQUATION-RATE CONSTANT
5. Calculate the overall order of a reaction which has the rate expression
(a) Rate = k [A]1/2 [B]3/2 (b) Rate = k [A]3/2 [B]–1
6. 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
7. For a reaction, A + B → Product : the rate law is given by, r = k [ A]1/2 [B]2 . What is the order of the reaction?
8. 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]
9. 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 ?
10. 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 ?
11. 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?
12. 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:

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

13. The following results have been obtained during the kinetic studies of the reaction:
2A + B → C+D

Determine the rate law and the rate constant for the reaction
14. 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:

INTERGRATED RATE EQUATION-RATE CONSTANT-HALF LIFE

15. The initial concentration of N2O5 in the following first order reaction N2O5 (g) → 2 NO2 (g) + ½ O2 (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
16. The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of N2O5 (g) at constant
volume: 2N2O5 (g) → 2N2O4 (g) + O2

S.No Time(s) Total Pressure(atm)

1 0 0.5
2 100 0.512
Calculate the rate constant.

17. 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.
18. 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
19. 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.
20. For a first order reaction, show that time required for 99% completion is twice the time required for the
completion of 90% of reaction
21. A first order reaction takes 40 min for 30% decomposition. Calculate t1/2.
22. A first order reaction has a rate constant 1.15 × 10-3s-1. How long will 5 g of this reactant take to reduce to 3 g
23. Consider a certain reaction A → Products with k = 2.0 × 10 –2s –1. Calculate the concentration of A remaining
after 100 s if the initial concentration of A is 1.0 mol L–1
24. Sucrose decomposes in acid solution into glucose and fructose according to the first order rate law, with
t 1/2 = 3.00 hours. What fraction of sample of sucrose remains after 8 hours ?
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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?
28. During nuclear explosion, one of the products is 90Sr with half-life of 28.1 years. If 1mg of 90Sr was absorbed
in the bones of a newly born baby instead of calcium, how much of it will remain after 10 years and 60 years
if it is not lost metabolically
29. For the decomposition of azoisopropane to hexane and nitrogen at 543 K, the following data are obtained.

.
Calculate the rate constant
30. The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of SO2Cl2 at a constant
volume.
SO2Cl2(g) → SO 2( g) + Cl2 (g)

Calculate the rate of the reaction when total pressure is 0.65 atm

ARRHENIUS EQUATION-ACTIVATION ENERGY

31. What is the effect of temperature on the rate constant of a reaction? How can this effect of temperature on
rate constant be represented quantitatively?
32. The rate of the chemical reaction doubles for an increase of 10K in absolute temperature from 298K.
Calculate Ea .
33. The first order rate constant for the decomposition of ethyl iodide by the reaction
C2H5I(g) → C2H4(g) + HI (g) at 600K is 1.60 × 10–5 s –1. Its energy of activation is 209 kJ/mol. Calculate the rate
constant of the reaction at 700K.
34. The rate of a reaction quadruples when the temperature changes from 293 K to 313 K. Calculate the energy
of activation of the reaction assuming that it does not change with temperature.
35. The decomposition of A into product has value of k as 4.5 × 103 s–1 at 10°C and energy of activation 60 kJ
mol–1. At what temperature would k be 1.5 × 104s –1?
36. The activation energy for the reaction 2HI → H2 +I2 is 209.5 kJ mol–1 at 581K.Calculate the fraction of
molecules of reactants having energy equal to or greater than activation energy?
37. The rate constants of a reaction at 500K and 700K are 0.02s–1 and 0.07s–1 respectively. Calculate the values
of Ea and A
38. The rate constant for the decomposition of hydrocarbons is 2.418 × 10–5s –1 at 546 K. If the energy of
activation is 179.9 kJ/mol, what will be the value of pre-exponential factor.
39. The decomposition of hydrocarbon follows the equation k = (4.5 × 1011s –1) e-28000K/T,
Calculate Ea .
40. The rate constant for the first order decomposition of H2O2 is given by the following equation:
log k = 14.34 – 1.25 × 104K/T
Calculate Ea for this reaction and at what temperature will its half-period be 256 minutes?
41. The time required for 10% completion of a first order reaction at 298K is equal to that required for its 25%
completion at 308K. If the value of A is 4 × 1010s –1. Calculate k at 318K and Ea .