CHEMICAL KINETICS (BASICS/RATE OF REACTION/ORDER/MOLECULARITY) CODE: 2024/25-12-01

1. For gaseous reaction, the rate is expressed in Initial [A] Initial [B] Initial rate of
terms of dP/dt instead of dC/dt or dn/dt where c formation of C
is concentration and n the number of moles.
What is the relation among these expressions? 0.1M 0.1M 1.2x10-3
2. Reaction A B carried inside a container
0.1M 0.2M 1.2x10-3
concentration varies as A t=a+bt. Rate of reaction
can be expressed in terms of pressure at 0.2M 0.1M 2.4x10-3
temperature T=300K, take b=4, R=1/12 atm
mol-1K-1. a)100 atm s-1 b) 200 atm s-1 The rate law for the formation of C is
c) 300 atm s d) 400 atm s
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a) r= k [A] [B]2 b) r= k [A]
3. Ammonia and oxygen react at high temperature c) r= k [A] [B] d) r= k [A]2 [B]
as: 4NH3 + 5O2 4NO + 6H2O.In an expt,
9. The rate constant for the reaction
the rate of formation of NO is 3.6x10-3 Ms-1.
Calculate a) rate of disappearance of ammonia 2N2O5 4NO2 + O2 is 3x10-5s-1. If the rate is
and b) rate of formation of water. 2.4x10-5 mol/L s, then the initial concentration of
4. The decomposition of NH3 on platinum surface is N2O5 is: a) 1.4 b) 1.2 c) 0.04 d) 0.8
zero order reaction. What are the rates of 10. The rate constant of a reaction is 2 x10-3 mol/L
production of N2 and H2 if sec. what is the order of the reaction.
k = 2.5 × 10–4 mol L s ?
–1 –1 a) 1 b) 1.5 c) 0 d) 2
5. The decomposition of N2O5 in CCl4 at 318K has 11. For a hypothetical reaction, A B it is found that
been studied by monitoring the concentration of the rate constant is x s-1. By what factor the rate is
N2O5 in the solution. Initially the concentration of increased if the initial concentration of A is
N2O5 is 2.33 mol L–1 and after 184 minutes, it is
tripled? A) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
reduced to 2.08 mol L–1. The reaction takes place
12. For elementary reaction, xM  N the rate of
according to the equation 2 N2O5 (g) → 4 NO2 (g) +
O2 (g). Calculate the average rate of this reaction disappearance of M increases by a factor of 8
in terms of hours, minutes and seconds. What is upon doubling the concentration of M. the order
the rate of production of NO2 during this period? of reaction with respect to M is:
6. I) For the reaction at 273K (gases) A) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
NO + O3 NO2 + O2. It is observed that the 13. The rate law of a rxn A + B ⇌ product is
pressure of NO falls from 700mm Hg to 500mm rate=K[A]n[B]m. on doubling the concentration of
Hg in 250s. Calculate the average rate of reaction A and halving the concentration of B, the ratio of
in atm/s. new rate to the earlier rate of reaction will be:-
a) 1.053x10-3 b) 1.053x10-4 a)n-m b)2n-m
c) 2.053x10 d) 2.053x10
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c)1/2n+m d)m+n
II) Also, calculate the average rate of reaction in 14. The rate of reaction 3A + 2B products is given
mol/L s. by rate expression, r= k [A] [B]2. If A is taken in
a) 4.7x10-5 b) 5.9x10-5 c) 3.2x10-5 d) 9.8x10-5 excess, the order of the reaction would be
7. For a rxn, 2NO + 2H2 N2 + 2H2O the following a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 5
data were obtained: 15. For the reaction R → P, the concentration of a
[NO] mol/L [H2] mol/L rate reactant changes from 0.03M to 0.02M in 25
minutes. Calculate the average rate of reaction
1. 5x10-3 2.5x10-3 3x10-5 using units of time both in minutes and seconds.
16. In a reaction, 2A → Products, the concentration
2. 15x10-3 2.5x10-3 9x10-5 of A decreases from 0.5 mol L–1 to 0.4 mol L–1 in
10 minutes. Calculate the rate during this
3. 15x10-3 10x10-3 3.6x10-4 interval?

Calculate the order of reaction and rate constant.

a) 2,2.4 b) 1,1.4 c) 3,2.4 d) 0,1.4

8. For non-stoichiometric reaction 2A + B C+D

the following data were obtained in 3 expts. All at
298K.