CHEMICAL KINETICS

1. Ammonia and oxygen react at high temperature as:

4NH3(g) + 5O2(g) 4NO(g) + 6H2O(g)
In an experiment, rate of formation of NO is 3.6 10-3 mol L-1 s-1. Calculate (i)rate of disappearance of
ammonia, (ii) rate of formation of water.
2. The reaction A + 3B 2C obeys the rate equation?
3. The reaction A + B C has zero order. Write rate equation.
4. Write the units of the rate constant for a nth order reaction. Deduce from this the units of rate constant
for a (i) half order reaction (ii) 3/2th order reaction
(iii) third order reaction.
5. A reaction that is of first order with respect to reaction A has a rate constant 6 min-1. If we start with
[A] = 5.0 mol L-1, when would [A] react the value of 0.05 mol L-1?
6. A first order reaction is 20% complete in 10 minutes. Calculate the time for 75% completion of the
reaction.
7. A first order reaction is 15% complete in 20 minutes. How long will it take to 60% complete?
8. The thermal decomposition of a compound is of first order. If 50% of the compound is decomposed in
120 minutes, how long will it take for 90% of the compound to decompose?
9. The specific rate constant for the combination of H2 and I2 to form HI
H2 + I2 2HI is 2.34 10-3 mol L-1 s-1 at 673K and 7.50 10-2 mol L-1 s-1 at 773K. calculate the
activation energy for the reaction.
10. The activation energy of a first order reaction at 300K is 60kJ mol-1. In the presence of a catalyst, the
activation gets lowered to 50 kJ mol-1 kJ mol-1 at 300K. How many times the reaction rate charges in
the presence of a catalyst at the same temperature?
11. What is order of a reaction? Give one example of a second order reaction.
12. A reaction is found to be zero order reaction, will its molecularity be also zero?
13. What is the value of rate constant of a first order reaction when its half life period is 10 min?
14. write the Arrhenius equation for the rate constant k1 and k2 at temperature T1 and T2 in terms of
activation energy.
15. Define activation energy.
16. What is half life period?
17. Write the expressions in terms of concentration of reactants and products for the following reactions:
(i)
2N2O5 2N2O4 + O2
(ii)
2NO2 2NO2F
18. what do you mean by the following terms:
(i) Reaction rate. (ii) Activation energy. (iii) Half life period.
19. Consider the rate equation Rate = k[A]n. What is the change of rate that occurs on doubling the
concentration of A, when (i) n = 0 (ii) n = 1 (iii) n = 2?
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