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COMPETENCY EXAM SET B
CHE CALCULATIONS 1 07/10/19 11. In the reaction, Ca + 2H2O = Ca(OH)2 + H2 ; what volume
NAME: _____________________________ (c.c.) of hydrogen at STP would be liberated, when 8 gm of
Answers: calcium reacts with excess water ?
1. A butane isomerisation process produces 70 kmole/hr of pure A. 4480 B. 2240 C. 1120 D. 0.4
isobutane. A purge stream removed continuously, contains 85% 12. The vapor pressure of the solvent decreased by 10 mm Hg,
n-butane and 15% impurity (mole%). The feed stream is n- when a non-volatile solute was added to the solvent. The mole
butane containing 1% impurity (mole%). The flow rate of the fraction of the solute in the solution is 0.2. What should be the
purge stream will be mole fraction of the solvent, if the decrease in vapor pressure of
A. 3 kmole/hr B. 4 kmole/hr C. 5 kmole/hr D.6 kmole/h the solvent is required to be 20 mm Hg. ?
2. A chemist attempts to prepare some very pure crystals of A.0.2 B. 0.1 C.0.4 D. 0.6
borax, Na2B4O7•10H2O, by dissolving 100 g of Na2B4O7 in 200 13. An aqueous solution of 2.45% by weight H2SO4 has a
g of boiling water. He then carefully cools the solution until specific gravity of 1.011. The composition expressed in
some Na2B4O7•10H2O crystallizes out. Calculate the gram of normality is
crystals recovered per 100 g of initial solution, if the residual A. 0.2500 B. 0.2528 C. 0.5000 D. 0.5055
solution at 55°C after the crystals are removed contains 12.4%
Na2B4O7. 14. The molar composition of a gas is 10% H2, 10% O2, 30%
A. 51.8362 g B. 100.00 g C. 156.3658 g D. NOTG CO2 and balance H2O. If 50% H2O condenses, the final mole
percent of H2 in the gas on a dry basis will be
3. In biological systems, enzymes are used to accelerate the rates A. 10% B. 5% C. 18.18% D. 20%
of certain biological reactions. Glucoamylase is an enzyme that
aids in the conversion of starch to glucose. Experiment shows 15. Air initially at 101. 3 kPa and 40°C and with a relative
that 1 μg mol of glucoamylase in a 4% starch solution results in humidity of 50%, is cooled at constant pressure to 30°C. The
a production rate of glucose of 0.6 μg mol-mL-1-min-1. cooled air has a
Determine the production rate of glucose for this system in the A. higher dew point. B. higher absolute (specific) humidity.
units of lbmol/(ft3-day). C. higher relative humidity D. higher wet bulb temperature
A. 0.0539 B. 0.1256 C. 0.6892 D. NOTG
16. In the production of a drug having a molecular weight of
4. One kg of saturated steam at 100°C and 1.01325 bar is 192, the exit stream from the reactor flows at a rate of 10.5
contained in a rigid walled vessel. It has a volume of 1.673 m3. L/min. The drug concentration is 41.2% (in water), and the
It cools to 98°C ; the saturation pressure is 0.943 bar ; one kg of specific gravity of the solution is 1.024. Calculate the flow rate
water vapour under these conditions has a volume of 1.789 m3. of the drug in kgmol/min.
The amount of water vapour condensed (in kg) is A. 1.265 B. 0.023 C. 0.562 D. NOTG
A. 0.0 B. 0.065 C. 0.1 D.1.0
17. Nitric acid (HNO3) that is used industrially for a variety of
5. N2 content in a urea sample was found to be only 42%. What reactions can be produced by the reaction of ammonia with dry
is the actual urea content of the sample? air to yield nitric acid and water. The product gas from such
A. 80% B. 90% C. 95% D. 98% reactor has the following composition (on a water free basis):
0.8% NH3, 9.5% HNO3, 3.8% O2 and 85.9% N2. Determine the
6. A lacquer plant must deliver 1000 lb of an 8% nitrocellulose percent conversion of ammonia.
solution. They have in stock a 5.5% solution. How much dry A. 99.8% B. 92.2% C. 97.6% D. NOTG
nitrocellulose must be dissolved in the solution to fill the order?
A. 58.4 kg B. 35.6 lbs C. 2000 grams D. NOTG 18. Na2SO4. 10H2O crystals are formed by cooling 100 Kg of
30% by weight aqueous solution of Na2SO4. The final
7. A solution is made by dissolving 1 kilo mole of solute in 2000 concentration of the solute in the solution is 10%. The weight of
kg of solvent. The molality of the solution is crystals is
A. 2 B.1 C. 0.5 D.0.5 A. 20 B. 32.2 C. 45.35 D.58.65
8. One mole of methane undergoes complete combustion in a
stoichiometric amount of air. The reaction proceeds as CH 4 + 19. Air at a temperature of 20°C and 750 mm Hg pressure has a
2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O. Both the reactants and products are in gas relative humidity of 80%. What is its percentage humidity ?
phase. ΔH°298 = -730 kJ/mole of methane. Mole fraction of water Vapour pressure of water at 20°C is 17.5 mm Hg.
vapour in the product gases is about A. 80.38 B. 80 C. 79.62 D.78.51
A.0.19 B.0.33 C. 0.40 D.0.67
9. 1 kg of calcium carbide produces about 0.41 kg of acetylene 20. 80 kg of Na2SO4 (molecular weight = 142) is present in 330
gas on treatment with water. How many hours of service can be kg of an aqueous solution. The solution is cooled such that. 80
derived from 1 kg of calcium carbide in an acetylene lamp kg of Na2SO4 .10H2O crystals separate out. The weight fraction
burning 35 litres of gas at NTP per hour ? of Na2SO4 in the remaining solution is
A. 5 B.10 C. 15 D. 20 A. 0.00 B. 0.18 C. 0.24 D. 1.00

10. 40 gms each of the methane and oxygen are mixed in an

empty container maintained at 40°C. The fraction of the total
pressure exerted by oxygen is
23. Air at a temperature of 20°C and 750 mm Hg pressure has a
relative humidity of 80%. What is its percentage humidity ?
Vapour pressure of water at 20°C is 17.5 mm Hg.
A. 80.38 B. 80 C. 79.62 D.78.51

24. A flowsheet is given in the following figure:

If the single pass once through conversion of A to B is 20%,

then the rate of recycle R (mols/hr) is
A.300 B. 400 C. 500 D.600

25.

26.
27. The reaction A + B → C has been conducted in a reactor as
shown below.

The number of balances (material) that can be made around the

reactor are
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

28. For water evaporating into unsaturated air under adiabatic

conditions and at constant pressure, the __________ remains
constant throughout the period of vaporisation.
i. dry bulb temperature
ii. wet bulb temperature
iii. humidity
iv. relative saturation