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Physical Chemistry 6. A measure of disorderliness in a system is given by
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following a. Free energy
sections. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box b. Enthalpy
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet c. Heat
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only. d. Entropy
1. Chemical equilibrium reactions are characterized by 7. There is no change in internal energy of an ideal gas during
a. ΔG > 0 a. Adiabatic expansion
b. ΔG < 0 b. Adiabatic compression
c. ΔG = 0 c. Isothermal expansion
d. ΔG = ΔG o d. None of the above
8. The efficiency of a heat engine is limited by
2. Spontaneous reactions are characterized by a. First law of thermodynamics
a. ΔG > 0 b. Second law of thermodynamics
b. ΔG < 0 c. Third law of thermodynamics
c. ΔG o = 0 d. None of the above
d. ΔG = 0
9. Non‐ideal gas behavior is likely to be observed at
3. Capillary action is due to: a. Low pressure and low temperature
a. Cohesion b. High pressure and high temperature
b. Viscosity c. High pressure and low temperature
c. Gravity d. Low pressure and high temperature
d. Surface tension 10. In an equilibrium reaction, Kp equals Kc when
a. Reactants and products are all gases
4. An ideal gas has a compressibility factor of b. Temperature is constant
a. 1 c. Reactants and products have equal number of moles
b. 2 d. Reactants and products are all liquids
c. PV
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20. A sealed isothermal container initially contains three moles of CO 24. A + B → C + D
gas and four moles of O2 gas. The following reversible reaction A+C → D + E
took place: A multi‐step reaction takes place by the above mechanism.
2CO( g ) + O2 ( g ) U 2CO2 ( g ) Which of the species shown above is an intermediate in the
At equilibrium, there were two moles of CO2 in the container. reaction?
What was the total number of moles of gas present in the a. A
container at equilibrium? b. D
a. 6 c. B
b. 4 d. C
c. 5
d. 7 25. A bulb is filled with argon gas at the ambient pressure and is
found to contain 7.98 g of argon at a temperature T. The bulb is
21. At 1035oC, two moles of ruthenium changes from the β to the α
then immersed in a bath whose temperature is 30oC hotter than
solid state. The ΔH for the transition is – 142 J/mol. The
the first one. The stopcock on the bulb is opened so that the
surrounding cooling bath is at STP. Find ΔS in J/K of the universe.
argon gas pressure returns to the initial value. The bulb is now
a. 1.040
found to contain 5.33 g of argon. What is the value of the final
b. 0.642
temperature? The atomic mass of argon is 39.9.
c. 0.823
a. – 242oC
d. 0.217
b. – 90.9oC
22. Determine the barometric decrease in atmospheric pressure from c. – 212oC
sea level to an altitude of 1.8 x 106 cm. Assume air to be a d. – 182oC
uniform gas of molecular mass 29, and a uniform temperature of
0oC. 26. Ammonia dissolves in water at 20oC to give a solution containing
a. 0.307 0.040 mole fraction of ammonia. The total vapor pressure of the
b. 0.998 solution is 6.58 x 10–2 atm and the vapor pressure for water is
c. 0.105 17.00 torr at the same temperature. Applying Henry’s and
d. 304.1 Raoult’s laws, calculate the Henry’s constant.
36. The valve on a cylinder containing initially 15 L of an ideal gas at
25 atm, 25oC is opened to the atmosphere where the pressure is 40. At 1482 K and 12 atm, the equilibrium composition of sodium
760 torr. Assuming that the process is isothermal, how much vapor contains 3.10 moles of Na monomer and 0.624 moles of Na
work is KJ is done on the atmosphere by the action of expanding dimer. Calculate the Kp for the dimerization of sodium at 1482 K.
gas? a. 2.01 x 10–2
a. 0.86 b. 3.68 x 10–1
b. 3.64 c. 2.47
c. 4.28 d. 2.89 x 10–1
47. What is the pressure of a column of air at a height of 10 km and a
temperature of 2oC? Assume that the pressure at zero height is
760 mm Hg and the molar mass of air is 29.
a. 449
b. 340
c. 219
d. 759
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SITUATIONAL PROBLEMS: 55. Find the standard energy in kJ of the combustion reaction of
propene at 25oC assuming all reactants and products behave as
Situation #01 – The activation energy for the thermal decomposition
of gaseous acetaldehyde is 190.37 kJ/mol and the molecular ideal gases.
diameter, σ, of a molecule of acetaldehyde is 5 x 10–8 cm. This a. –2068
decomposition is a second order reaction. b. –2075
c. –2069
51. Determine the number of molecules colliding per milliliter per d. –2094
second at 800 K and 760 torr.
56. Find W in kJ of the combustion reaction of propene at 25oC.
a. 2.10 x 1031
a. 2.0
b. 4.75 x 1015
b. 1.0
c. 9.17 x 1021
c. 4.0
d. 2.88 x 1028
d. 0
52. Calculate the second order rate constant, k, in L/mol‐sec. Situation #03 – A kilogram of acetylene was compressed from 10–2 L
a. 6.9 x 102 to 10–3 L at a constant temperature of 150oC. Calculate the minimum
b. 7.7 x 10– 2 work that must be expended in the compression process assuming
c. 8.3 x 104 the gas to be
d. 6.0 x 10– 23
57. IDEAL.
a. 1.09 x 103 J
53. Determine the pre‐exponential factor A at 800 K.
b. 3.12 x 105 J
a. 1.10 x 1013
c. 1.11 x 105 J
b. 2.07 x 1011
d. 3.08 x 103 J
c. 1.86 x 1015
59. If acetylene satisfies the van der Waals equation, what would be
54. Find the standard enthalpy in kJ/mol of the combustion reaction its critical pressure in atm?
of propane at 25oC. a. 282
a. –2076 b. 197
b. –2068 c. 50.8
c. –2060 d. 1371
d. –2084
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Situation #04 – A moving boundary experiment was performed 64. the adiabatic expansion in kJ where the final temperature was
initially at 25oC with 0.100 M KCl on the bottom and 0.0700 M NaCl –243oC.
on top. The transport numbers of K+ and Na+ ions in these solutions a. –16.7
are 0.490 and 0.388, respectively. The boundary moved downward. b. –9.2
The cross‐sectional area of the tube was 0.100 cm2. The charge c. –5.8
passed through was 96.5 coulombs. d. –23.1
60. How many equivalents were transported? 65. Find the enthalpy change in J if the final temperature was –243oC.
a. 1.00 x 10–3 a. –24,210
b. 1.43 x 10–3 b. –59,164
c. 0.25 x 10–3 c. –8,090
d. 0.68 x 10–3 d. –32,358
61. How far (in centimeters) did the boundary move? Situation #06 – At 1 atm, 120 g of benzene is vaporized at its boiling
a. 65.4 point of 80.2oC. The heat of vaporization is 94.4 cal/g.
b. 79.2
c. 49.0 66. Calculate W in units of joule.
d. 57.6 a. –4522
b. –293.6
62. While the current was flowing, what was the concentration in c. +293.6
mol/L of NaCl just above the boundary? d. +4522
a. 7.92 x 10–2
b. 2.18 x 10–1 67. Calculate q in joules.
c. 8.14 x 10–4 a. 39497
d. 6.24 x 10–5 b. 7480
c. 15627
Situation #05 – Four moles of an ideal nitrogen gas was expanded d. 395
from 10 L to 25 L. The initial temperature was 35oC. Assume Cv = 2.5
R. Calculate the maximum work obtained by: 68. Calculate ΔU in joules.
a. 34975
63. the isothermal expansion in J. b. 44019
a. 92.7 c. 0
b. 9385.4 d. 15921
c. 7039.6
d. 2243.0
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Situation #07 – Two equimolar solutions A and B with equal volume 73. ΔS for water in J/K.
of solutions are mixed together and the reaction A + B → C occurs. a. 50.40
After 60 minutes, A is 75% reacted. How much of A will NOT react b. 28.16
after two hours if: c. 14.24
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