CHAPTER PRACTICE PROBLEMS (CHEMISTRY) FIITJEE

THERMODYNAMICS & THERMOCHEMISTRY

1. For the combustion of 1 mole of liquid benzene at 25oC, the heat of reaction at constant
pressure is given by,
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C6H6 ( )  7 O2 (g)  6CO2 (g)  3H2O(); H  780980 cal.
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What would be the heat of reaction at constant volume?

2. The molar heats of combustion of C2H2(g), C(graphite) and H2(g) are 310.62 kcal, 94.05 kcal
and 68.32 kcal respectively. Calculate the standard heat of formation of C2H2(g).

3. The heat of formation of ethylene is 12.5 kcal. Calculate C = C bond energy in ethylene from the
following data. Heat of atomisation of C = 170.9 kcal/mole, heat of atomisation of
H = 52.1 kcal/mole, bond energy of C – H = 99.3 kcal/mole.

4. At 27oC, one mole of an ideal gas is compressed isothermally and reversibly from a pressure of
2 atm to 10 atm. Calculate E and q.

5. When 229 J of energy is supplied as heat at constant pressure to 3.0 mole of argon gas, the
temperature of the sample increases by 2.55 K. Calculate the molar heat capacities at constant
volume and constant pressure of the gas.

6. 10 moles of an ideal gas expands isothermally and reversibly from a pressure of 10 atm to
2 atm at 300 K. what is the largest mass which can be lifted through a height of 1 meter in this
expansion.

7. Calculate q, W, E and H for the isothermal reversible expansion of one mole of an ideal gas
from an initial pressure of 1.0 bar to a final pressure of 0.1 bar at a constant temperature of
273 K.

8. Thermochemical equation for two rocket fuels are given below:

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2Al( s)    O2(g)  Al2 O3(s) ; H  1667.8 kJ
 2
 1
H2( g)    O 2  H2 O(  ) ; H  285.9 kJ
 2
If equal mass of Al and H2 are used, which is a better rocket fuel?

9. 1 mole of an ideal gas at 25oC is subjected to expand reversibly ten times of its initial volume.
Calculate the change in entropy of expansions.

10. A swimmer coming out from a pool is covered with a film of water weighing about 18 g. How
much heat must be supplied to evaporate this water? If latent heat of evaporation for H2O is
40.66 kJ mol–1 at 100oC.

11. Calculate the maximum work done when pressure on 10 g of hydrogen is reduced from 20 to
1 atm at a constant temperature of 273 K. The gas behaves ideally. Will there be any change in
internal energy? Also, calculate ‘q’.

12. When 1 mole of ice melts at 0oC and at constant pressure of 1 atm, 1440 calories of heat are
absorbed by the system. The molar volumes of ice and water are 0.0196 and 0.0180 litre
respectively. Calculate H and E.
13. The standard enthalpy of combustion at 25oC of hydrogen, cyclohexene (C6H10) and
cyclohexane (C6H12) are –241, –3800 and –3920 kJ/mole respectively. Calculate the heat of
hydrogenation of cyclohexane.

14. Calculate the entropy change for the conversion of the following:
(a) 1 g ice to water at 273 K, Hf for ice = 6.025 kJ mol–1
(b) 36 g water to vapour at 373 K, Hv for H2 O = 40.63 kJ mol–1

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15. The standard heats of formation at 298 K for CCl 4(g), H2O(g), CO2(g) and HCl(g) are –25.5,
–57.8, –94.1 and –22.1 kcal per mole respectively. Calculate Ho at 298 K for the reaction,
CCl4 (g)  2H2 O(g)  CO2 (g)  4HCl(g)

16. Calculate the resonance energy in CH3COOH from the following data if the observed heat of
formation of CH3COOH is –439.7 kJ.
Bond energy (kJ) Heat of atomisation (kJ)
C – H = 413 C = 716.7
C – C = 348 H = 218.0
C = O = 732 O = 249.1
C – O = 351
O – H = 463

17. Given below are some standard heats of reaction;

(a) Heat of formation of water = –68.3 kcal
(b) Heat of combustion of acetylene = –310.6 kcal
(c) Heat of combustion of ethylene = –337.2 kcal
Calculate the heat of reaction for the hydrogenation of acetylene at constant volume at 25oC.

18. A person working in laboratory, takes 400 g grapes equivalent to 8200 kJ energy. Laboratory is
air conditioned. Energy is not stored in body. Calculate what mass of water is to be perspired if
temperature of body is maintained constant? Heat of vaporisation of water is 44 kJ/mole.

19. A system is provided 50 J of heat and work done on the system is 10 joule. What is the change
in internal energy?

20. Calculate the amount of work done in each of the following cases:
(i) One mole of an ideal gas contained in a bulb of 10 litre capacity at 1 atm is allowed to enter
into an evacuated bulb of 100 litre capacity.
(ii) One mole of a gas is allowed to expand from a volume of 1 litre to a volume of 5 litres
against the constant pressure of 1 atm. (1 litre atm = 101.3 J).
Calculate the internal energy change ( U) in each case if the process where carried out
adiabatically.
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ANSWERS
1. –780090 calories 2. 54.20 kcal
3. 140.5 kcal/mole 4. E  0, q  965.84 cal
5. Cp = 29.93 J K–1 mol–1, Cv = 21.93 J K–1 mol–1
6. 409.29 kg
7. q = 5227.2 J, W = –5227.2 J, E  0, H  0

8. H2, –142.95 kJ/g 9. 19.15 JK–1 mol–1

10. 37.56 kJ 11. 8180 calories
12. H  E  1440 calories 13. –121 kJ
14. (a) 1.227 JK–1; (b) 217.85 JK–1 15. –41.4 kcal
16. –110.3 kJ mole–1 17. –41.104 kcal
18. 3.35 kg 19. 60 J
20. (i) W = 0, U  0, q  0 ; (ii) W = –405.2 J, q = 0, U  405.2 J

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