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Physical Chemistry Practice Questions
BWK10103
PYSICAL CHEMISTRY
BY
DHARSHINYDEVI RAMAN
CW220044
1) A CELL IS PREPARED BY DIPPING A COPPER ROD IN 0.01 M CUSO4 SOLUTION AND ZINC
ROD IN 0.02 M OF ZNSO4 SOLUTION. THE STANDARD REDUCTION POTENTIAL OF CU AND
ZN ARE +0.34 V AND –0.76 V RESPECTIVELY. CALCULATE THE CELL POTENTIAL (E CELL)
FOR THIS REACTION.
2) AN ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE BUMPER IS TO BE CHROME PLATED. THE BUMPER, WHICH IS
DIPPED INTO A DICHROMATE (CR2O72–) SOLUTION, SERVES AS A CATHODE OF AN
ELECTROLYTIC CELL. IF THE CURRENT IS 21.4 AMPERES, CALCULATE THE DURATION (IN
HOURS) TO DEPOSIT 1.72 ×102 G OF CHROMIUM ONTO THE BUMPER?
3) IN AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL, A REDOX REACTION IS MADE TO OCCUR BY SUPPLYING
ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO THE SYSTEM WITH TWO ELECTRODES NAMELY MAGNESIUM AND
ZINC. DETERMINE THE STANDARD FREE ENERGY CHANGE (ΔGO) OF THE REACTION IF THE
EOCELL IS EQUAL TO +1.61 V
4) THE KA OF HCLO2 IS 0.010. IT IS PREDICTED THAT THE PH OF 0.1 HCLO2 AQUEOUS
SOLUTION AT EQUILIBRIUM IS 4. EXPLAIN IF THIS CLAIM IS CORRECT.
5) IN AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL, A REDOX REACTION IS MADE TO OCCUR BY SUPPLYING
ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO THE SYSTEM WITH COPPER AND IRON ELECTRODES. DETERMINE
THE STANDARD FREE ENERGY CHANGE (ΔGO) OF THE REACTION. GIVEN THAT THE STANDARD
REDUCTION POTENTIALS FOR COPPER (II) AND IRON (II) ARE 0.34 V AND -0.45 V
RESPECTIVELY.
6) AN UNKNOWN GAS DIFFUSES 0.25 TIMES AS FAST AS HELIUM GAS. DETERMINE THE
MOLAR MASS OF THE UNKNOWN GAS.
7) A 3.00 L SAMPLE OF HELIUM WAS PLACED IN A CONTAINER FITTED WITH POROUS
MEMBRANE. HALF OF THE HELIUM EFFUSED THROUGH THE MEMBRANE IN 25 HOURS. A
3.00 L SAMPLE OF OXYGEN WAS PLACED IN AN IDENTICAL CONTAINER. DETERMINE THE
DURATION FOR HALF OF THE OXYGEN TO EFFUSE THROUGH THE MEMBRANE.
8) A CARBON DIOXIDE MOLECULE TRAVELS AT 45.0 M/S AT A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE. AT
THE SAME TEMPERATURE, FIND THE VELOCITY OF AN OXYGEN MOLECULE.
9) WHAT IS THE RATE OF EFFUSION OF GAS THAT HAVE MOLAR MASS TWICE OF THAT GAS
WHICH EFFUSE AAT THE RATE OF 3.62 MOL/MIN?
10) TWO MOLES OF HELIUM GAS ARE IN A TANK AT 25 °C. DETERMINE THE ROOT MEAN
SQUARE (RMS) SPEED OF THE ATOM.
11) WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TRANSLATIONAL KINETIC ENERGY (RMS) OF 8 MOLES OF GAS
MOLECULES AT 227 °C?
12) DETERMINE THE AVERAGE TRANSLATIONAL KINETIC ENERGY OF OXYGEN MOLECULE AT
STP. GIVEN THAT THE VOLUME OF THE CONFINED CONTAINER AND BOLTZMANN
CONSTANT ARE 2 L AND 1.3807 X 10-23 JK-1MOLECULE-1.
13) CALCULATE THE VISCOSITY OF METHANE AT 60 °C USING SUTHERLAND’S
FORMULA.
14) A BALLOON IS FILLED WITH HELIUM GAS AT A PRESSURE OF 1.1 ×105 PA WITH A
TEMPERATURE AND VOLUME OF 25 ℃ AND 6.5 × 104 CM3 RESPECTIVELY. CALCULATE
THE AVERAGE TRANSLATIONAL KINETIC ENERGY OF HELIUM GAS INSIDE THE BALLOON
GIVEN THAT THE BOLTZMANN CONSTANT IS EQUAL TO 1.3807 × 10-23 JK-
1MOLECULES-1.
15) 100 CM3 OF WATER WAS HEATED UNTIL IT REACHES 212 ℉. CALCULATE THE
VISCOSITY OF THE GAS RELEASED FROM THE KETTLE SPOUT USING THE SUTHERLAND’S
FORMULA.
16) A REACTION AT 57 ℃ HAS A RATE CONSTANT OF 0.50 S-1 AND ACTIVATION ENERGY
OF 25 KJMOL-1. THE IDENTICAL REACTION WAS CONDUCTED BY INCREASING THE
TEMPERATURE BY 70 ℃ FROM THE INITIAL RUN AND THE REACTION RESET. DETERMINE IS
THE NEW RATE CONSTANT AT THE NEW TEMPERATURE.
17) CONSIDER THE REACTION
2C4H6 → C8H12
THE REACTION IS FOLLOWING THE SECOND-ORDER REACTION WITH A RATE CONSTANT OF
5.76×10-2 L/(MOL/MIN) UNDER CERTAIN CONDITION. IF THE INITIAL CONCENTRATION OF
BUTADIENE IS 0.200 M, IDENTIFY THE CONCENTRATION AFTER 600 SECONDS.
18) DECOMPOSITION OF H2O2 INTO WATER AND OXYGEN GAS FOLLOWS THE FIRST
ORDER REACTION. IN FIFTY MINUTES, THE CONCENTRATION OF H2O2 DECREASE FROM
0.5 M TO 0.125 M. INDICATE THE RATE OF OXYGEN FORMATION WHEN THE
CONCENTRATION OF H2O2 REACHES 0.05 M.
19) THE RATE OF REACTION FOR REACTION BETWEEN CH3COOC2H5 AND NAOH ARE AS
BELOW:
RATE = K [CH3COOC2H5][NAOH]
IF THE INITIAL CONCENTRATION FOR BOTH REACTANT AND THE HALF-LIFE ARE 0.01 M AND
16.1 MINUTES RESPECTIVELY, DETERMINE THE TIME TAKEN FOR THE CONCENTRATION OF
CH3COOC2H5 TO DIMINISH TO 5% OF THE INITIAL CONCENTRATION.
20) IF THE RATE OF FORMATION OF AMMONIA IS 0.345 M/S, WHAT IS THE RATE OF
DISAPPEARANCE OF N2?
→
𝑵𝟐+𝟑𝑯𝟐 𝟐𝑵𝑯𝟑
21) CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL REACTION OF RUSTING OF IRON NAIL