CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS 17.

The half-life of a material undergoing second order decay is

a. proportional to the square of initial concentration
1. Chemical kinetics can predict the b. independent of initial concentration
a. rate of reaction c. feasibility of reaction c. proportional to initial concentration
b. both (a) and (c) d. none of these d. inversely proportional to initial concentration
2. In which of the following cases does the reaction go farthest to 18. If the reaction, 2 A + B  C is second order, which of the
completion? following plots will give a straight line?
a. k = 102 c. k = 10 a. log CA vs time c. log CA vs reciprocal time
b. k = 10-2 d. k = 1 b. CA vs time d. 1/CA vs time
3. Which of the following is not a unit of reaction rate? 19. At a given value of E/R, the ratio of the rate constants at 500 K
a. moles formed / (surface of catalyst) (time) and 400 K is 2 if Arrhenius Law is used. What will be this ratio if
b. moles formed / (volume of reactor) (time) transition-state theory is used with the same value of E/R?
c. mole formed / (volume of catalyst) (time) a. 1.6 c. 2.24
d. none of these b. 2 b. 2.5
4. If “n” is the order of reaction then unit of rate constant is 20. For the liquid phase reaction A P, in a series of experiments
a. 1 / (time) (concentration)n-1 in a batch reactor, the half-life was found to be inversely
b. (time)-1(concentration)n-1 proportional to the square root of the initial concentration of A.
c. (time)n-1 (concentration) The order of the reaction is
d. none of these a. 3/2 c. 1
5. Variables affecting the rate of homogeneous reactions are b. ½ d. 2
a. pressure and temperature only 21. The rate of increase of the number of bacteria under certain
b. temperature and composition only conditions is proportional to the number of bacteria. If the
c. pressure and composition only number doubles in four hours, how much increase in number of
d. pressure, temperature and composition bacteria can be expected after 12 hours?
6. Molecularity of a reaction a. 2 c. 4
a. is always equal to the overall order of reaction b. 6 d. 8
b. may not be equal to the order of reaction 22. For the reaction A  B  C, k1 = k2 = 0.35 hr-. The initial
c. can’t have a fractional value concentration of both B and C is 0.5 lbmol/ft3. CAO = 2.5
d. both (b) and (c) lbmol/ft3. The time at which the concentration of B is maximum
7. Sum of the powers of the concentration terms in the rate is
equation is called the a. 2.3 hrs c. 4 hrs
a. order of the reaction b. 3 hrs d. 2.5 hrs
b. molecularity of the reaction 23. A second order reaction involving reactants initially present at
c. overall order of the reaction 0.10 moles/L is found to be 20% complete in 40 minutes, when
d. none of these the reaction is 25 0C, and 40% complete in 35 minutes, when
8. The overall order of the reaction for the elementary reaction the reaction is 50 0C. What is the activation energy for this
A + 2 B  C is reaction in cal/mol.
a. 0 c. 2 a. 2700 cal/mol c. 1020 cal/mol
b. 1 d. 3 b. 8500 cal/mol d. 5530 cal/mol
9. The reaction in which rate equation corresponds to a 24. In a first order reaction the time required to reduce the
stoichiometric equation is called concentration of reactant from 1 mol/L to 0.5 mol/L will be __
a. elementary reaction c. non-elementary reaction that required to reduce it from 10 mol/L to 5 mol/L in the same
b. parallel reaction d. autokinetic reaction volume.
10. Rate constant 'k' and the absolute temperature T are related by a. more than c. same as
collision theory (for bimolecular) as b. less than d. data insufficient
a. k  T 1.5 c. k  e –E/RT 25. Plutonium 239 disintegrates at a rate proportional to the amount
present at any time t, if after 15 years, 0.043% of the initial
b. k  T d. none of these
amount has disintegrated, what is the half-life of this radioactive
11. The equilibrium constant of a chemical reaction
substance?
a. increases in the presence of catalyst
a. 1730 years c. 7450 years
b. decreases in the presence of catalyst
b. 9450 years d. none of these
c. remains unaffected in the presence of a catalyst
26. A liquid phase reaction represented by 2 A  P with k = 25
d. can either increase or decrease; depends on the type of
ft3/lbmol-hr is carried out in a tubular reactor. A flow rate of 40
catalyst
ft3/hr containing pure A and initial concentration of 0.20 lbmol/ft3
12. With increases in temperature, the rate constant obeying
enters the reactor. If the reactor volume is 32 ft3, what will be the
Arrhenius equation
percent conversion?
a. increases
a. 68 % c. 70 %
b. decreases
b. 80 % d. 84 %
c. decreases exponentially with temperature
d. can either increase or decrease, depends on the frequency
27. At 400 K the rate equation for a certain gas phase reaction is
factor
reported as –dPA / dt = 3.66 PA2 atm/hr, where PA = partial
13. The rate of formation of B in terms of rA,where rA = -kCACB2 is
pressure of A. Find the SRR for this reaction when the rate is
a. 1/2 rA c. 2 rA
expressed in terms of CA.
b. rA d. none of these
a. 120 l/mol2-hr c. 98 l/mol-hr
14. For the reaction A + B  2C, when CA is doubled, the rate
b. 120 l/mol-hr d. 98 l/mol-atm
doubles. When CB is doubled, the rate increases four folds. The
28. If a first order reversible liquid reaction A ↔ B is conducted in a
rate law is
batch reactor. The initial concentrations are CAO = 0.5 gmol/L
a. -rA = kCA2CB2 c. -rA = kCA
and CBO = 0. After 8 minutes, the fractional conversion of A is
b. -rA = kCACB2 d. -rA = kCB
1/3 and at equilibrium, the fractional conversion of A is 2/3. Find
15. If the rate of reaction independent of the concentration of the
the equilibrium constant.
reactants, the reaction is said to be?
a. 1 c. 2
a. first order c. second order
b. 3 d. 4
b. third order d. zero order
16. Half-life period of a chemical reaction is
a. the time required to reduce the concentration of the
reacting substance to half its initial value
b. half of the space time of the reaction
c. half of the residence time of the reaction
d. none of these
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29. The concentration versus batch time data for a constant volume 39. For CBO = CCO = 0, find the maximum concentration of CB for k1
= 2k2.
Time, s 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 a. CAO c. CAO /2
b. 2 CAO d. none of these
CA, kmol/m3 1 0.92 0.82 0.81 0.76 0.72 0.7 40. A batch reactor is characterized by
a. constant residence time
isothermal batch reactor is given in the table below. b. the variation in extent of reaction and properties of the
reaction mixture with time
Assuming the reaction to first order in A, find the best value of k. c. variation in reactor volume
a. 1.95 x10-3 /s c. 2.63 x10-3 /s d. very low conversion
b. 8.71 x10 /s-3 d. none of these 41. A plug-flow reactor is characterized by
30. For the reaction that can be written as A  B  C, the value a. high capacity
of k1 is 5.65 x10-3 per min and the time necessary to reach the b. presence of axial mixing
maximum concentration of B is 26 min. What is the value of k2? c. presence of lateral mixing
a. 0.3459 c. 0.1246 d. constant composition and temperature of reaction mixture
b. 0.7763 d. 0.1231 42. A back mix reactor
31. The following half-life data are available for the irreversible liquid a. is same as plug-flow reactor
phase reaction, A  P b. is same as ideal stirred tank reactor
Initial Concentration, (kmol/m3) Half-life, (min) c. employs mixing in axial direction only
d. is most suitable for gas phase reaction
2 2 43. A high space velocity means that a given
a. reaction can be accomplished with small reactor
8 1 b. conversion can be obtained with a high feed rate
c. both (a) and (b)
What is the overall order of the reaction? d. none of these
a. 1 c. 1.5 44. A space-time of 3 hours for a flow reactor means that
b. 2.5 d. 3 a. the time required to process one reactor volume of feed
32. Find the reaction orders with respect to A and B: (measured at specified conditions) is 3 hour
CA 4 1 1 b. three reactor volumes of feed can be processed every hour
c. it takes three hours to dump the entire volume of the
CB 1 1 8 reaction with feed
d. conversion is cent per cent after three hour
-rA 2 1 4 45. A space velocity of 5 hour means that
a. five reactor volumes of feed (at specified conditions) are
being fed into the reactor per hour
b. after five hours, reactor is being filled with the feed
a. a = 1/2, b = 2/3 c. a = 2/3, b = 1/3 c. cent percent conversion can be achieved in at least 5
b. a = 2/5, b = 1 d. none of these hours
33. After 8 minutes in a batch reactor, reactant (CAO = 1 mol/L) is d. a fixed conversion of a given batch of feed takes 5 hours
80% converted; after 18 minutes, conversion is 90%. What is 46. For the gaseous reaction 2 A  B where the feed consist of 50
the order of the reaction? mol% A and 50 mol% inert, the expansion factor is
a. ½ c. 2 a. 1 c. -0.25
b. 3/2 d. 3 b. -0.5 d. 0
For numbers 34 to 36: 47. A gaseous reaction, A  2B + C takes place isothermally in a
The hydrolysis of methyl acetate in an autocatalytic reaction and constant pressure reactor. Starting with gaseous mixture
is first order with respect to both methyl acetate and acetic acid. containing 50% A, the ratio of final to initial volume is found to
The reaction is elementary, bimolecular and can be considered be 1.6. Calculate the percentage conversion of A.
irreversible at constant volume for design purposes. The a. 30 c. 60
following data are given: b. 50 d. 74
Initial concentration of methyl acetate = 0.45 gmol/L 48. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to space velocity of flow
Initial concentration of acetic acid = 0.045 gmol/L reactors
The conversion in 1 hr is 65% in a batch reactor. Calculate: a. The unit of space velocity is (time)-1.
34. The rate constant b. The space velocity of 3 hr-1 means that three reactor
a. 6.2 L/gmol-hr c. 1.3 L/gmol-hr volumes of feed at specified conditions are being fed into
b. 2.5 L/gmol-hr d. 5.7 L/gmol-hr the reactor every hour.
35. The time at which the rate passes through the maximum (CA = c. The space velocity of 3 hr-1 means that one third reactor
CB) volume of feed at specified conditions are being fed into
a. 30 min c. 45 min the reactor.
b. 60 min d. 120 min d. none of these
36. The reactor volume to process 200 m3/hr. 49. A batch reactor is suitable for
a. 120 c. 150 a. achieving percent conversion of reactants into products.
b. 170 d. none of these b. large scale gaseous phase reactions.
37. A polymerization reaction occurs at constant temperature in a c. liquid phase reactions.
homogeneous phase. For the initial monomer concentrations of d. obtaining uniform polymerization products in highly
0.3, 0.5 and 0.9 mol/L, 30% of the monomer reacts in 40 exothermic reactions
minutes. Find the reaction rate constant. 50. For the liquid phase zero order irreversible reaction A B, the
a. 0.129 /s c. 0.451 /s conversion of A in a CSTR is found to be 0.3 at a space velocity
b. 0.535 /s d. 0.964 /s of 0.1 min-1. What will be the conversion for a PFR with a space
38. The following liquid phase reactions are carried out in a plug velocity of 0.2 min-1? Assume that all the other operating
flow reactor conditions are the same for CSTR and PFR.
A + C  2B + P rP = k1 CA CC a. 0.15 c. 0.60
AB rD = k2 CA b. 0.30 d. 0.90
What is the ratio of moles of P formed to moles of B formed at
the reactor exit if the conversion of C is 50%. No product is
present in the feed. Data: CAO = CCO = 2 kmol/m3, k1 = 1
m3/kmol-s and k2 = 1 s-.
a. 0 c. 0.5
b. 0.75 d. 1
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51. A homogeneous liquid phase reaction, A R; -rA = kCA2; takes

place with 50% conversion in a well-mixed reactor operating
isothermally. What will be the conversion if the reactor is
replaced by a plug flow type of equal size – all else remaining
the same?
a. 10% c. 20%
b. 50% d. none of these
For numbers 52 to 53:
The homogeneous gas phase decomposition of phosphine
4PH3(g) P4 (g)+ 6H2 (g) proceeds at 1200 ºF with first – order
rate [- r(phosphine) = (10/hr) CA]. The reactor operates at 1200
ºF and 4.6 atm can produce 80% conversion of a feed
consisting of 4 lbmole of purephosphine per hour.
52. The initial concentration of A
a. 0.0038 lbmole/ft3 c. 0.0027lbmole/ft3
b. 0.0014 lbmole/ft 3 d. 0.0008 lbmole/ft3
53. The volume of the plug flow reactor
a. 160 ft3 c. 190 ft3
b. 240 ft3 d. 250 ft3
54. Enzyme E catalyses the fermentation of substrate A (the
reactant) to the product R. Find the size of mixed flow reactor
needed for 95% conversion of reactant in a feed stream (25
L/min) of reactant (2 mol/L) and enzyme. The kinetics of the
fermentation at this enzyme concentration are given by A  R
and –rA = 0.1 CA / 1+0.5 CA mol/L-min
For numbers 55-57:
A homogeneous liquid phase reaction, A  R, - rA = kCA2 takes
place with 50% conversion in a mixed reactor
55. The value of space time
a. 1/ (2kCAo) c. 1/ (kCAo)
b. 2/ (kCAo) d. 3/ (kCAo)
56. What is the conversion if this reactor is replaced by one 6 times
as large – all else remaining unchanged?
a. 0.67 c. 0.70
b. 0.75 d. 0.79
57. Calculate the conversion if the original reactor is replaced by a
plug flow reactor of equal size – all else remaining unchanged.
a. 0.85 c. 0.88
b. 0.90 d. 0.92
58. The conversion of a reactant, undergoing a first order reaction,
at a time equal to three times the half-life of the reaction is
a. 0.875
b. 0.5
c. 0.425
d. not possible to calculate because of insufficient data
59. For a first order reaction taking place in an isothermal batch
reactor, 80% of liquid reactant is converted to product in 15
minutes. Calculate the space velocity required to achieve same
conversion in a plugflow reactor and in a back mix reactor.
a. 0.0268 /min c. 0.0113 /min
b. 0.0542 /min d. 0.0950 /min
For numbers 60 to 61:
60. The following liquid phase reaction is taking place in an
isothermal batch reactor
A  B (1st order)  C (zero order)
Feed concentration = 1mol /L
The time required at which the concentration of B will reach its
maximum value is given by
a. 1/k1 ln (k1/k2)
b. 1/ (k2 – k1) ln (k2/k1)
c. 1/k2 ln (k2/k1)
d. 1/k2 ln (k1/k2)
61. The time at which the concentration of B will become zero is
given by the following equation:
a. (1-e-k1 t) = k2 t c. t = 1/k2
b. t = 1/k1 d. none of these