CMT400 Assignment 1 (Excel)

Q1.

(Sheet 1)
Heat capacity is known to be a function of temperature. It is common to express the
heat capacity of a gas as the polynomial Cp = a + bT + cT2. The following is a heat
capacity data for ammonia gas from 300 K to 750 K. Determine the polynomial
constants a, b and c.
(Hint: Use Add Trendline)
T (K)
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
650
700
750

Q2.

Cp (J/mol.K)
35.530
37.075
38.619
40.131
41.640
43.131
44.601
46.067
47.510
48.941

(Sheet 2)
The rate constant for the first order gas phase reaction
N2 O5
2NO2 + O2
are as follows
T (K)
k ( s-1)

273
0.0787x10-5

298
3.46x10-5

308
13.5x10-5

318
49.8x10-5

328
150x10-5

338
487x10-5

Make the appropriate graph using these data and determine the activation energy, Ea
and pre-exponential factor, A.

k A exp( Ea / RT )
Q3.

(Sheet 3)
Consider the following data for the spectrophotometric determination of iron. The
measured absorbance A is plotted against the concentration of iron. Determine the
concentration of iron in the sample.

Conc (ppm)

0.100

.200

0.500

1.000

0.081

0.171

0.432

0.857

Unknown
sample
0.463

Q4.

(Sheet 4)
This problem is about calculating the pH of nitrous acid, HNO2 which is a weak acid.
You need to solve the following quadratic equation.

x2
Ka
Cx

where Ka is the acid dissociation constant.

X = [H+]
C = concentration of the weak acid
i)
ii)
Q5.

Find the value for Ka of lactic acid (refer to any general chemistry text book)
Find the pH of 0.1 M lactic acid (i.e C =0.1) using the solver method

(Sheet 5)
Plot the following functions:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

Y = x +5
Y =x2 +5
Y=x3
Y=tan x

-5 <x <5
-5 <x<5
-5 <x<5
-360o < x < 360o

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Due date: 23 May 2015