CHEMICAL KINETICS (COLLISION THEORY/Ea/EFFECT of T & CATALYST) CODE: 2024/25-12-04

1. The rate of a reaction quadruples when the 11. In a zero-order reaction for every 10° rise of
temperature changes from 293 K to 313 K. temperature, the rate is doubled. If the
Calculate the energy of activation of the temperature is increased from 10°C to 100°C,
reaction assuming that it does not change with
the rate of the reaction will become:
temperature?
2. The rate constant of a first order reaction a) 64 times b) 128 times
becomes 5 times when the temperature is c) 256 times d) 512 times
raised from 350 K to 400 K. Calculate the 12. Given that k is the rate constant for some order
activation energy for the reaction. of a reaction at temperature T, the value
3. If the rate constant for a reaction is 1.6 × 10−5 of lim log 𝐾𝐾, where A=pre-exponential factor.
𝑇𝑇→∞
𝐴𝐴
and 6.36 × 10-3 s-1 at 600 K and 700 K a) b)A c)2.303A d) logA
2.303
respectively, calculate the energy of activation 13. A certain catalysed reaction at 300K proceeds at
for the reaction the same rate as the uncatalyzed one at 600K.
4. **The rate constant for the decomposition of the ratio of activation energy of catalysed
hydrocarbons is 2.418 × 10–5s–1at 546 K. If the reaction to uncatalyzed one is:
energy of activation is 180 kJ/mol, what will be
a) 0.2 b) 0.5 c) 0.33 d) 0.25
the value of pre-exponential factor?
14. ***The rate of first order reaction increases by
5. **The decomposition of hydrocarbon follows
4000 times at 270C in presence of a catalyst.
the equation k = (4.5 × 1011 s–1) e-28000K/T.
The change in activation energy in presence of
Calculate Ea.
catalyst is:
6. **The rate constant for the first order
decomposition of H2O2 is given by the a)20.7 b)41.4 c)10.35 d)12.5 KJ/mol
following equation: 15.
log k = 14.34 – 1.25 × 104 K/T
Calculate Ea for this reaction?
7. ***The rate constant of a certain reaction is
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given by: log K= 5.4 - + 2.17 log T.
𝑇𝑇
Calculate the activation energy at 1270C.
8. ***The slope of the line for the graph log k vs
1/T for reaction N2O5 2NO2 + ½ O2 is -5000.
Calculate the Ea of the reaction in (KJ/mol)
a) 95.7 b) 9.57 c) 957 d) none
9. The rate constant, the activation energy and the
Arrhenius parameter of a chemical reaction at
25°C are 3.0 × 10−4 s-1, 104.4 kJ mol-1 and 6.0 ×
1014 s-1 respectively. The value of rate constant
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at T → ∞ is a) 2.0 × 1018 s-1 b) 6.0 × 1014 s-1
c) infinity d) 3.6 × 1030 s-1.
10. Which one of the following statements is true?
a) The half-life of a zero order chemical reaction
is independent of the initial concentration.
b) The rate of an exothermic chemical reaction
is always greater than the rate of an
endothermic chemical reaction
c) elementary unimolecular processes are
always first order.
d) Catalysts provide alternate reaction
pathways which lower the enthalpy of reaction.