PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Problem Set
With Answers & Solutions
Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions

Instruction: Answer the following questions. Be able to show your step by step
solutions.

SITUATION FOR PROBLEMS 21-25:

Chloral is being consumed at a rate of 7 moles per second per m3 when reacting
with Chlorobenzene to form DDT and water in the reaction described below:
CCl3CHO + 2C6H5Cl → (C6H4Cl)2CHCCl3 + H2O

21. The rate of disappearance (mole/s/m3) of Chloral is

(A) 0 (C) 7
(B) 14 (D) 21
22. The rate of disappearance (mole/s/m3) of Chlorobenzene is
(A) 0 (C) 7
(B) 14 (D) 21
23. The rate of disappearance (mole/s/m3) of DDT is
(A) 14 (C) -7
(B) -14 (D) 7
24. The rate of formation (mole/s/m3) of water is
(A) 0 (C) 7
(B) 14 (D) 21
25. The rate of disappearance (mole/s/m3) of water is
(A) 14 (C) -7
(B) -14 (D) 7

SITUATION FOR PROBLEMS 26-27:

A rocket engine, burns a stoichiometric mixture of fuel (liquid hydrogen) in

oxidant (liquid oxygen). The combustion chamber is cylindrical, 70 cm long and 55 cm
in diameter, and the combustion process produces 99 kg/s of exhaust gases. Assume
combustion is complete.

26. The rate of reaction (kgmole/m3/s) of hydrogen is approximately equal to

(A) 16.7 (C) 20.2
(B) 28.3 (D) 33.1
27. The rate of reaction (kgmole/m3/s) of oxygen is approximately equal to
(A) 16.5 (C) 13.4
(B) 18.1 (D) 11.4
SITUATION FOR PROBLEMS 30-31:

A certain reaction has a rate given by rA = 0.003CA2, mol/mL/min.

30. If the concentration is to be expressed in mol/liter and time in hours, the

value of the rate constant is
(A) 300 (C) 360
(B) 180 (D) 240
31. The unit of the rate constant in problem 30 is
(A) Mole/(mL∙ min) (C) Mole/(L∙min)
(B) Mole/(L∙h) (D) Mole/(m3∙h)

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