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Which of the following diagrams represents a snapshot of a very small portion of this system at
t = 3 min?
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY By: Shailendra Kumar
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2N2O5 (g) #!!
! 4NO2 (g) + O2 (g)
12. The rate law for the above reaction is:
(a) rate = k [N2O5]2 (b) rate = [N2O5]2
(c) rate = k [N2O5]2 / [NO2]4 [O2]1 (d) rate = k [N2O5]x
(e) rate = [N2O5]x
-∆(NO2) ∆(Cl2)
(e) =–2
∆t ∆t
93. The following reaction is first-order in N2O3 and has a half-life of 19.25 minutes:
N2O5(g) –––→ → 2NO2(g) + 1/2O2(g)
How long will it take for the concentration of N2O5 to decrease from 0.050 mol/L to 0.030 mol/L?
(a) 2.41 minutes (b) 3.60 minutes
(c) 9.63 minutes (d) 14.3 minutes
(e) 19.3 minutes
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USE THE REACTION AND DATA BELOW TO ANSWER THE NEXT THREE QUESTIONS.
→ 4NO2(g) + O2(g)
2N2O5(g) –––→
[N2O5], M time, s
5.00 0
3.52 500
2.48 1000
1.75 1500
1.23 2000
94. The rate law for this reaction is:
(a) zero-order in N2O5. (b) half-order in N2O5.
(c) first-order in N2O5. (d) second-order in N2O5.
(e) third-order in N2O5.
95. The half-life for this reaction is:
(a) between 0 and 12 seconds. (b) between 12 and 20 seconds.
(c) between 120 and 1,200 seconds. (d) between 1,200 and 12,000 seconds.
(e) between 12,000 and 120,000 seconds.
96. The concentration of N2O5 after 5,000 seconds is:
(a) between 0.001 and 0.010 mol/L (b) between 0.010 and 0.10 mol/L
(c) between 0.10 and 0.4 mol/L (d) between 0.4 and 0.8 mol/L
(e) between 0.8 and 1.2 mol/L
97. Results of a 1985 analysis of a piece of parchment indicated that 97.6% of the carbon-14 that
was present initially still remained in the sample. With which of the following battles is this
sample likely to be associated? The rate constant (k) for the first-order decay of carbon-14 is
1.21 x 10–4/year.
(a) Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Octavian defeating Mark Anthony.
(b) Battle of Lugdunum (Lyon), 197 AD, Septimius Severus defeating Clodius Albinus.
(c) Battle of Hastings, 1066 AD, William of Normandy defeating Harold II of England.
(d) Battle of Yorktown, 1781 AD, the Marquis de Lafayette defeating Lord Cornwallis.
(e) Battle of Waterloo, 1815 AD, the Duke of Wellington defeating Napoleon Bonaparte.
98. The following reaction and rate law have been experimentally determined:
2NO2(g) + F2(g) –––→→ 2NO2F(g), rate = k(NO2)(F2)
Which of the following mechanisms provides the best explanation of the experimental rate
law?
(a) 2NO2 + F2 –––→ → 2NO2F (one step) (b) NO2 + F2 –––→ → NO2F + F (fast)
NO2 + F –––→→ NO2F (slow)
→ 2F
(c) F2 –––→ (slow) → NO2F + F
(d) NO2 + F2 –––→ (slow)
→ 2NO2F
2NO2 + 2F –––→ (fast) → NO2F
NO2 + F –––→ (fast)
(e) None of these mechanisms are consistent with the experimental data.
(a) NO2 + 2CO N + 2CO2, (fast) (b) NO2 + 2CO N + 2CO, (slow)
→ 2NO, (slow)
N + NO2 –––→ → 2NO, (fast)
N + NO2 –––→
(c) NO2 + NO2 NO3 + NO, (fast) → NO3 + NO, (slow)
(d) NO2 + NO2 –––→
→ NO2 + CO2, (slow)
NO3 + CO –––→ → NO2 + CO2, (fast)
NO3 + CO –––→
#1 #2 #3 #4
(a) catalyst catalyst activated complex product
(b) reactants activated complex intermediate product
(c) reactants activated complex catalyst product
(d) reactants intermediate activated complex product
(e) reactants intermediate activated complex catalyst
109. According to collision theory, not all collisions between molecules lead to reaction. Which of
the following statements provide reasons why this is so?
(i) The total energy of the two colliding molecules is less than some minimum amount of
energy.
(ii) Molecules cannot react with each other unless a catalyst is present.
(iii) Molecules that are improperly oriented during collision will not react.
(iv) Molecules in different states of matter cannot react with each other.
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 4
(e) 3 and 4
110. What potential problem, discussed in lecture, can be avoided by using the "Method of Initial
Rates" for kinetic studies?
(a) Endothermic reactions. (b) Reactions performed at low temperature.
(c) Equilibrium reactions. (d) Non-spontaneous reactions.
(e) Reactions with large activation energies
111. For the reaction of ethyl bromide, CH3CH2Br, with hydroxide ion, OH–, to produce ethyl alcohol,
CH3CH2OH, and bromide ion, Br–,
CH3CH2Br + OH– –––→ → CH3CH2OH + Br–
the form of the rate law is:
Rate = k[CH3CH2Br][OH–]
Which of the following are the correct units for the rate constant, k?
(a) s–1 (b) mol L–1 s–1
(c) L mol–1 s–1 (d) L2 mol–2 s–1
(e) L3 mol–3 s–1