CHEMISTRY 115 MIDTERM EXAM (Fall 2019) Page 1

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University of Saskatchewan
Department of Chemistry
Chemistry 115 (Prof. Robert Scott)

Midterm Exam (Term I 2019-2020)

October 18, 2019 Time: 120 minutes

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (WORTH 2 MARKS EACH)

1. Helen is making a solution of NaCl. She weighs a piece of weighing paper at 1.523 g, and then adds
NaCl on top of the weighing paper to give a final mass of 1.579 g. She then adds the NaCl to 23.5 mL of
water. What is the precise final concentration of NaCl in this solution?

A. 0.66 M Massof Nacl NaCl paper paper

B. 0.408 M
C. 2.40 M
I 579g 1.523g 0.056g 4 2 sigf.gs
D. 0.0024 M conc ofNaCl 0.056
njy Minaa L
E. 0.41 M
BBBBBiBM MwaexVtho z.aat3s.us me1 23.51000
0.041 M 2 siglip
2. A researcher looks to make some Fe2O3 starting with 2.00 moles of Fe and 5.00 moles of oxygen gas
(O2). If a 90% yield if realized in the reaction, how much material will they manage to make?
Theoretical
yield
A. 1.80 moles actuary
yield heretical 100
B. 3.00 moles y.eu Life 3oz 2fezos
C. 0.90 moles
Adudgreed gieUxheaeEUz fee 2wlesfexzniesfe.co
D. 4.50 moles look 4musk Lemmen
E. 2.70 moles Irie fezos
Indefezos 0.9wife 0 5 02 2 Iesfees
3min02 3

33nlefezHBrtNaon
3. 10.0 mL of a 0.100 M solution of HBr is reacted with 20.0 mL of a 0.0500 M solution of NaOH.
Assuming the acid and base react to completion, what is concentration of NaBr in the final solution?

A.
B.
3.33 x 10-2 M
3.33 x 10-5 M SNaBrtHz0H
nLBricxV o.ioouxloooJL o.oo IM
73onIEIIo
C.
D.
5.00 x 10-2 M
1.00 x 10-1 M mesn Gv o.osoonxq.co o.ooim fo
E. 0 M. The NaBr will precipitate out of water.
Gary o ml
woo1LMA0.0333M
so.co
3.33xio 2M
4. For the reaction 2A + B 3C, the average rate of disappearance of the reactant A was measured to
be - 0.015 Ms-1. What is the average rate of formation of the product, C?
D
A.
B.
0.015 Ms-1
0.0075 Ms-1 z
T
xs
sg T
C. 0.030 Ms-1
3 to O 5 us to 0225ms
D. 0.0225 Ms-1
stiff 3z E
E. Cannot be predicted without knowing rate law of reaction.
II
5. For the reaction: 2NO (g) + O2 (g) 2NO2 (g)

The concentration of nitrogen dioxide is measured after 10 minutes, and is found to be 0.300 M. After
20 minutes, the concentration of nitrogen dioxide was 0.462 M. What is the average rate of the reaction
between 10 and 20 minutes?

A. 0.0162 M/min SCN Cancer G initial co 62 o 3007M 0.0162main

B. 0.0081 M/min
C. -0.081 M/min time
D. 0.0150 M/min
Minin o 0081mirin
z 0.062
Rate t
E. 0.0116 M/min swg
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6. Chlorine dioxide reacts in basic solution according to the following equation:

2 ClO2 (aq) + 2 OH- (aq) ClO3- (aq) + ClO2- (aq) + H2O (l)

The following initial rates of the reaction were measured at various initial concentrations as recorded in
the table below.

Exp. # [ClO2]0 (M) [OH-]0 (M) Initial Rate (M s-1)

Rate_kCd0z5Lon 5
1 0.040 0.030 0.0112
2 0.020 0.030 0.0028 I com const Exp1,2
3 0.020 0.060 0.0028
SC
tEPp Mn 2 sralson
What is the rate constant of this reaction? 4 Lon
r t.IE fa2nnI 4 n
Rate k 90232ConJ

zfru
o
A. 7.0 M-1s-1
B. 9.3 M-1s-1
kLaozJZ a doz const Exp2,3
C. 12.4 M-1s-1
i
fi
D. 0.28 s-1
E. 233 M-2s-1 sr Exps m o
i k 7 Oni's
7. A certain chemical reaction is second order in reactant A and second order in reactant B. What would
appropriate final units of the rate constant, k, for this reaction be?
2 2
A. s-1 Rate k A B
IDI
-2 -1
B. M s
C. M-1s-1 k wits
Rate m's
A 24332
D. M-3s-1
E. Rate constants have no units associated with them.

8. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) decomposes as a first order reaction with a half-life of 17.2 minutes in the
presence of a Fe(III) catalyst. How long would it take containing a 0.27 M H2O2 solution to become to a
0.027 M H2O2 solution after the Fe(III) catalyst is added?
Ie ht b Alo
A.
B.
86.0 minutes
55.5 minutes
htt e
C. 68.8 minutes tyz o.gg sk o
gz3
D. 57.1 minutes
E. 172 minutes
kt hLAIe hlAIo skt lUIo hlAIe h Y e

eco.no AIz ho Y x
9. A reaction shows a linear plot of 1/[A] vs.ktime, with a slope ofj0.263 M s . If you start a new
e h
-1 -1 o.az
5
reaction with [A] = 2.00 M, what will the [A] be after 120 seconds?

A. 32.1 M 2 n htt
I ape he
B. 0.0312 M
C. 0.0317 M Ae 1
D. 3.93 x 10-14 M htt o
E. 33.6 M 0.0312M IBI
p.ae z.LT
ioyg
10. A decomposition reaction has an activation barrier of 67.1 kJ/mol at 25.0 oC, and a rate constant of
6.45 x 10-6 M-1s-1 at this temperature. What is the value of the frequency factor for this reaction?

A. 8.91 x 10-6 Ea 67 I line 1 25.0 273 15 k

B. 3.68 x 106 k 6.45 x o tu es i
C. 4.20 x 106 A
D. 1.13 x 10-17
E. 15.1 k AdEk
A k 645 10ion y 3.68 106 m 5
oa.nwoo
siyes.su
xfxczs
t273T5H
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11. A reaction has a rate constant of 4.9 x 109 M-1s-1 at 278 K and an activation barrier of 13.2 kJ/mol.
What will new rate constant be if the reaction is done at 298 K?
k 4.9 109m s
A. 9
3.3 x 10 M s -1 -1
h T 278 K
B.
C.
2.7 x 1011 M-1s-1
5.0 x 109 M-1s-1
Y Tie cask ka

EE ta
ztaskDkz
D. 6.3 x 109 M-1s-1
E. 7.2 x 109 M-1s-1
k fj.siIIs9E7Iztask
e 4axiom 5 e
7.2 09m s i IET
12. The attached plot if a reaction progress plot for a multiple step reaction. Which of the following
statements is true?

Posies
a Earn.pe

II I 2 e

I
snico
I z reaction intermediates

A. The last step of the reaction is the rate determining step. Eas Eas
Xreaction. intermediates
B. There are likely no intermediates being formed during the
X I 2 reaction
C. Two activated complexes are formed during the reaction.
3 activatedcomplexesG med
D. The overall reaction is endothermic. Energy X
E. X lostduringreaction endothermic
There are three elementary steps in the mechanism. elementary steps slow
fastfast
Ea Ea Eas 3

13. The overall reaction: O3 (g) + 2NO2 (g) O2 (g) + N2O5 (g)
is composed of two elementary processes:
(1) O3 (g)+ NO2 (g) O2 (g) + NO3 (g) (fast)
(2) NO3 (g)+ NO2 (g) N2O5 (g) (slow)
law
Sun Oz 2Noz Oz ouzos Reproducesoverallrate
What is the overall theoretical rate law for this reaction in terms of only reactants and/or products? not
A necessaryto
predictedrate law c fast rateaware Rates wad checkhis
A. R = k[O3][NO2] sonelementarysteps here
B. R = k[O3]2[NO2]2 hfo.ua k loJLNos
C. R = k[O3][NO2]2 / [O2]
2
two
Ehmeej
he iodine
coz
D. R = k[O3] [NO2]
E. Absolutely no way to predict without experimental data!
e slow ratedeterringstep Noel
Role k LN0330023
ko t
14. NO reacts with chlorine (Cl2) gas to give NOCl. What would be the theoretical rate law if this foul
reaction occurred with a mechanism that consists of just a single elementary step (i.e. in which all the Los
reactant molecules collided in one step to form the product?). Hint: write a balanced equation.

A. R= k[NO][Cl2] ZNOg t Clc g 2m04 Ratecanbefoundfrmhis

B. R= k[NO]2[Cl2] ran asit's a elementary step
molecularity 3
C.
D.
R= [NOCl]/[NO]2[Cl2]
R= k[NO2][Cl2]2 unity matrenactually
occurs in thisroute
reekwoopLuz TBI
E. More information would need to be given to answer this question.

15. Which of the following statements about catalysts is false?

A. A catalyst is not consumed during a chemical reaction. It isusedduring a rain but is always
B. A catalyst allows for a new reaction pathway, typically with lower activation barriers overall. regenerated
C. The strip of Pt metal in the catalytic converter of a car is a heterogeneous catalyst. nut of
D. A single enzyme can catalyse millions of individual molecular reactions. at
gasreactants
E. Catalysts give energy to reactants so that they can get over activation barriers.
catalystsloseactuatorbarriers X coopt regenerated
arereacEmso
Raising metaperateofthereaction gives reactantsmore
many
cancatalyze
energy so more of me
reactants can
getoveractuation rea
barriers
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16. In the first step of the process to make sulfuric acid, elemental sulphur (S8) is reacted with oxygen
according to the following formula: 1/8 S8 (s) + O2 (g) SO2 (g)
l seedsare not includedin equilibriumconstant
Which of the choices below is the correct formula for the equilibrium constant, Kp.
equations as we assume
heir concentrations don't
A. Kp = PSO2 / (PO2 • PS81/8)
B. Kp = PSO2
Kp psoz changeduring a reaction
C. Kp = [SO2]/[O2][S8]1/8
D. Kp = PSO2 / PO2
E. Kp = Kc(RT)-0.125

17. Calculate the value of the equilibrium constant for the reaction: N2 (g) + 2 O2 (g) 2 NO2 (g)

Given: (1) N2 (g) + O2 (g) 2 NO (g) K1= 4.4 x 10-31 no change

(2) 2 NO2 (g) 2 NO (g) + O2 (g) K2= 4.0 x 10-13 reverse

A. 2.5 x 1012 1 wz t coz I 240 K kami k Kt

B. 1.8 x 10-43 I
C. 1.1 x 10-18 2 2Nd Oz 22N Oz K2 4 4x
D. 9.1 x 1017 a ox co 3
E. 2.8 x 10-6 Nz 2oz E Z Na
I I co 18

18. At 500 oC, the following reaction has a Kp value of 1.45 x 10-5. What is the value of Kc at this
temperature?
N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g) 2 NH3 (g)
In rulesproducts miesreactants
A. 5.84 x lo Z z u Z
B. 2.44 x 10-2 Kp Kc Rt
52 5 83 0 2
C. 1.45 x 10-5
D. 3.60 x 10-9 Kc ftp.qq 1.45 10 z 0.0583
E. 9.20 x 10-4 0.082 500 273.15

19. Which of the following disturbances will not change the position of equilibrium for the following
reaction?
C2H 4(g) + H2 (g) C2H6 heat exothermic
n
A. Raising the temperature from 25 C to 50 oC Equusshiftstoleftfuseupproduct
o

B. Doubling the volume of the system.

Equisshifts to left layer vies
C. Adding a palladium catalyst to the system. no
equitieschange but systemreaches equisfaster
D. Removing C2H6 from the system.
E.
Emilio shiftstoright replaceproduct
Adding helium gas to the system at constant pressure. total
increases to keep
Equis shiftsto left fame ries
pressureconst lager
equilibrium is favoured
20. A mixture of gases at contains 5.10 moles of NO2 (g) and 2.75 moles of N2O4 (g) in a 10.0 L flask at
298 K. Given the equation below and the Kc for this reaction, which of the following is true?
N2O4 (g) 2NO2 (g) Kc = 4.61 x 10-3

A.
B.
Qc = Kc and the reaction is already at equilibrium.
Qc > Kc and the reaction must proceed towards the products.
Now 5
iofY o sn on
moles o 275M
C. Qc > Kc and the reaction must proceed towards the reactants. now3 2 75
D. Qc < Kc and the reaction must proceed towards the reactants.
E. Qc < Kc and the reaction must proceed towards the products.
Qc lN0z
Now
0.51072
5
o 946
shifts
Qc Kc equilibreactants
to left towards
a
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21. 2.00 moles of carbon monoxide (CO) gas is placed in a 5.00 L container along with 1.00 moles of
oxygen (O2) gas. The system is heated at 700 K to form CO2. Given the following equation and Kc,
indicate what the equilibrium constant expression that would need to be solved would be, if we assume x
is the amount of O2 (g) reacted. (Note you do not need to solve for x)

2 CO (g) + O2 (g) 2 CO2 (g) Kc = 1.0

a
co 2 00 notes 0.400M
A. Kc = = 1.0
( )
Oz c oooh o Zoom
B. Kc = ( )
= 1.0
C. Kc = ( )
= 1.0 R 2co Oz 2262
I ouoomozoon o
D. Kc = = 1.0 2x
( ) c 2x
Eo.uoozxo2oo
E. Kc = = 1.0
xzxkc.EEe.EE
( )

iozoo i Fet
22. The value of Kp for the dimerization of NO2 (g) is 4.0 at 298 K. If one starts with 0.90 atm of NO2
gas (and no products) at 298 K, how much N2O4(g) will be present at equilibrium?

Given:
R
2 NO2 (g) N2O4 (g)
Kp 4.0 Qp lPnz 1 0
I 0.90 o 2x T woe
z 912
A. 0.31 atm
2x
two.jo.ro
c ran
B. 0.65 atm
E o.no 2x Qp Kp
C.
D.
0.42 atm
0.53 atm µ
o
311 proceedsin forward

wrote X 4.0 dreckon

E. 0.15 atm
Kp 7
u.offo.aoco.co zx 2 6 2
2 90 2 72 90 2
Pnoz a o Lo si 1.8 1.8
4
23. For the reaction: 2 H2 (g) +2 NO (g) N2 (g) + 2 H2O (g) 16 2 15.4 3
x 8 2 veux 3.24 0
a
The reaction starts with a mixture of 0.130 M H2 and 0.260 M NO, and no products. At the end of32
the
is FT
reaction, the equilibrium amount of H2O is 0.100 M. What is the value of Kc for this reaction? 15.4 546
32
2 n
Ec 2xto
A. 1.04 0s 0
2tohotn.E.kc
B.
C.
D.
13.4
21.7
43.4
2x
0.260 4
to
2x
EYno too
large
E ouzo 2 oosoom coMco05
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24. Which of the following is neither a strong acid nor a strong base?

A. H2SO4 suiteacid
B. HNO3 nitricacid
C. Ba(OH)2
D. strongbase
HClO3 chloric
acid
E. HI

hzeoiodicaidfueyvefweakgmwh
ri.EE EE
25. What of the following statements about conjugate acid/base pairs is true?
ner
A. X base. forexample rice tho 71 430
The conjugate base of a strong acid is a weak I
B. Conjugates acids and bases react together to give water. sing aid_chscoon base cigar
C. The conjugate acid of a strong base is a strong acid. 2 e autoacid conj
g onscoont tho
D. The conjugate acid of a weak base is a weak acid.
E. K a= I
weaksaneople
Igstyles Neon no eat on
weak
strong very
very
masttho what on lousy
Tak Tena
ka kb Ixco 4 base conjaid
4
ka 1 10
KT
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26. HBrO is a weak acid with a Ka of 2.3 x 10-9. What is the pH of a 0.100 M solution of HBrO?

A. 8.63 R HBrot those Bro onot x 2.3 0 9 0.1

I o loom 1 o 1.5 0 5

JP
B. 4.32 I x tx
c x
C. 3.33
D. 4.82
eo.no x x x
I.sio.i
E. 1.00 ka Bro 1h30T x2 2.3 0 9
Bro rejecexcheck
otoo ioo o.as
neglectx s
27. A solution contains 0.100 M HCl and 0.100 M HF (Ka of HF = 6.6 x 10-4). What is the pH of this
solution?
HU strong du strongacid contribution to Hsotconcentration in
of the
1 moreimportantthan that
A. 1.00
B. 0.50 Hf weak solution is
C. 0.97
weak aid
D. 3.18 we tho I thot legco 1 I 00
E. 0.01 own oloom pH logan Je

28. Which of the following solutions would have the highest pH (i.e. most basic)?
Given: Ka of HNO2 is 7.2 x 10-4, Ka of HIO3 is 1.6 x 10-1, Ka of HF is 6.6 x 10-4,
Kb of CH3CH2NH2 is 4.3 x 10-4
those z not As
A. (CH3CH2NH3)3(ClO4) save Chschannst dad
B. KIO3 (aq)
sat Kt Io IOS tho I HIE on Basicsin pkaof HIS hycka o
C. HNO2 (aq) nitrous
aid naacsan.inwater Ea picsof Io w o 80 13 2
D. SrF2 (aq)
sale srzts f i aogcs6 1043 3.18
E. HCl (aq) a Basenzozjz.FI dHJBasicsoh7pkaoehf
picsof f u 3.18 1io smakstpk
sirowa

D
A. 9.14
Nat N 5
ka.ks
DIbaseTsah
29. What is the final pH of a 0.100 M solution of NaNO2, given the Ka of HNO2 is 7.2 x 10-4.

ks
u
B.
C.
10.86
5.93
R N 2
I o.im
tho
I
I HNozi
0
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0
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ly r
1.39 5
D. 8.07 c ol x tx Chinozkon I z
E. 11.93 E ol x X X Noi o b
is o
xioo xwo logo.igxco63 593
pork logion k
30. H2SO3, sulfurous acid, is a diprotic acid with Ka1 = 1.7 x 10 , and Ka2 = 6.2 x 10 . If you start with phewpo
-2 -8

a 5.0 M solution of sulfurous acid, how much of the sulphite anion, SO32-, will be present at g07
equilibrium?
S
A. 1.7 x 10-2 M R 42503 tho Enso not Ka HsgIngot
O Z
I son l o
B. 0.29 M
c x I x tx C y Eye
C.
D
1.3 x 10-4 M
0M
Es x I
neglectdeck
x o.z X
E. 6.2 x 10-8 M Backtofullepressin 1.7 0 2 5.83
2 5 x 506
2 4.7 0
Xz 1 7 52 0.095 0
a
b b24aT I7 57 11.70.0857
527444
z z

THE END o o7
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no

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2
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o
c x tx x cheeky 8 00
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Ka 1505111303 x o 6.2 10 8 x o8 Soi 8M
Lusos J co283 O
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1 Periodic Table of the Elements 18

1 2
H 2 13 14 15 16 17
He
1.00794 4.00260
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be B C N O F Ne
6.941 9.01218 10.811 12.011 14.0067 15.9994 18.9984 20.1797
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Al Si P S Cl Ar
22.9898 24.3050 26.9815 28.0855 30.9738 32.066 35.4527 39.948
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
39.0983 40.078 44.9559 47.88 50.9415 51.9961 54.9381 55.847 58.9332 58.693 63.546 65.39 69.723 72.61 74.9216 78.96 79.904 83.80
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
85.4678 87.62 88.9059 91.224 92.9064 95.94 (98) 101.07 102.906 106.42 107.868 112.411 114.818 118.710 121.757 127.60 126.904 131.29
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
132.905 137.327 138.906 178.49 180.948 183.84 186.207 190.23 192.22 195.08 196.967 200.59 204.383 207.2 208.980 (209) (210) (222)
87 88 89 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 114 116 118
Fr Ra Ac Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt
(223) 226.025 227.028 (261) (262) (263) (262) (265) (266) (269) (272) (272) (287) (289) (293)

58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
140.115 140.908 144.24 (145) 150.36 151.965 157.25 158.925 162.50 164.930 167.26 168.934 173.04 174.967
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
232.038 231.036 238.029 237.048 (244) (243) (247) (247) (251) (252) (257) (258) (259) (260)

Useful Data
Physical Constants

Constant Symbol Value

Atomic mass unit u 1.6605 × 10–27 kg
Avogadro number NA 6.022 × 1023 mol–1
R 8.314 J mol–1 K–1
Gas Constant
0.08206 L atm mol–1 K–1
1 atm = 760 Torr = 760 mm Hg
Standard Temperature and Pressure: = 101.325 kPa.
0 oC = 273.15 K
x = -b ± b 2 - 4ac
Roots of a Quadratic equation
2a

Some Equations
n
pV = nRT Kp = Kc(RT)

k = Ae-Ea/RT ln k = - Ea/RT + ln A ln (k2/k1) = (Ea/R)(1/T1 1/T2)

[A]t = -kt + [A]0 ln([A]t/[A]0) = – kt 1/[A]t = 1/[A]0 + kt

t1/2 = [A]0 / 2k t1/2 = 0.693/k t1/2 = 1/(k[A]0)

Kw = [H3O+][OH–] = 1.00 x 10–14 at 298.15 K Kw = KaKb = 1.00 x 10–14