Chemical Kinetics

Chemical Kinetics
1. For the reaction R ----> P, the concentration of a reactant changes from 0.03M to 0.02M in 25
minutes. Calculate the average rate of reaction using units of time both in minutes and seconds.
2. In a reaction, 2A -----> Products, the concentration of A decreases from 0.5 mol L –1 to 0.4 mol L–1
in 10 minutes. Calculate the rate during this interval?
3. Calculate the overall order of a reaction which has the rate expression
(a) Rate = k [A]1/2 [B]3/2
(b) Rate = k [A]3/2 [B]–1
4. What are elementary reactions?
5. What are difference between order and Molecularity of reaction?
6. When did molecularity and order of a reaction become same?
7. Identify the reaction order from each of the following rate constants.
(i) k = 2.3 × 10–5 L mol–1 s–1
(ii) k = 3 × 10–4 s–1
8. Which step of traction is rate determining step?
9. The conversion of molecules X to Y follows second order kinetics. If concentration of X is increased
to three times how will it affect the rate of formation of Y ?
10. Study the adjacent graph and answer the following
questions:-
(i) What is order of the reaction?
(ii) What does the slop K represent?
(iii) What is unit of K?
11. Study the adjacent graph and answer the following questions:-
(ii) Give am example of such reaction.
12. Study the adjacent graph and answer the following questions:-
(ii) Give an example of such reaction.
13. Give an example of Pseudo First Order Reaction.
14. A first order reaction has a rate constant 1.15 × 10-3 s-1. How long will 5 g of this reactant take to
reduce to 3 g?
15. The decomposition of NH3 on platinum surface is zero order reaction. What are the rates of
production of N2 and H2 if k = 2.5 × 10–4 mol–1 L s–1?
16. A reaction is second order with respect to a reactant. How is the rate of reaction affected if the
concentration of the reactant is (i) doubled (ii) reduced to half ?
17. A reaction is first order in A and second order in B.
(i) Write the differential rate equation.
(ii) How is the rate affected on increasing the concentration of B three times?
(iii) How is the rate affected when the concentrations of both A and B are doubled?
18. The following results have been obtained during the kinetic studies of the reaction:
2A + B -----> C + D
Experiment [A]/mol L–1 [B]/mol L–1 Initial rate of formation of D/mol L–1 min–1
I 0.1 0.1 6.0X10-3
II 0.3 0.2 7.2X10-2
III 0.3 0.4 2.88X10-1
IV 0.4 0.1 2.40X10-2
Determine the rate law and the rate constant for the reaction.
19. Calculate the half-life of a first order reaction from their rate constant 200 s –1.
20. The half-life for radioactive decay of 14C is 5730 years. An archaeological artifact containing wood
had only 80% of the 14C found in a living tree. Estimate the age of the sample.
21. For a first order reaction, show that time required for 99% completion is twice the time required
for the completion of 90% of reaction.
22. A first order reaction takes 40 min for 30% decomposition. Calculate t1/2.
23. Time required to decompose SO2Cl2 to half of its initial amount is 60 minutes. If the
decomposition is a first order reaction, calculate the rate constant of the reaction.
24. A first order reaction is found to have a rate constant, k = 5.5 × 10-14 s-1. Find the half-life of the
reaction.
25. Show that in a first order reaction, time required for completion of 99.9% is 10 times of half-life
(t1/2) of the reaction.
26. For the decomposition of azoisopropane to hexane and nitrogen at 543 K, the following data are
obtained.
t (sec) P(mm of Hg)
0 35.0
360 54.0
720 63.0
Calculate the rate constant and half life of reaction.
27. The decomposition of hydrocarbon follows the equation
k = (4.5 × 1011s–1) e-28000K/T Calculate Ea.
28. The rate constant for the first order decomposition of H2O2 is given by the following equation:
log k = 14.34 – 1.25 × 104K/T Calculate Ea for this reaction
29. The decomposition of A into product has value of k as 4.5 × 103 s–1 at 10°C and energy of activation
60 kJ mol–1. At what temperature would k be 1.5 × 104s–1?
30. The time required for 10% completion of a first order reaction at 298K is equal to that required for
its 25% completion at 308K. Calculate Ea for this reaction.
31. The rate of a reaction quadruples when the temperature changes from 293 K to 313 K. Calculate
the energy of activation of the reaction assuming that it does not change with temperature.

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