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This document contains 20 questions related to chemical kinetics and catalysis. The questions cover a range of topics including: determining the order of reactions from rate constants or concentration-time graphs; calculating rate constants, activation energies, half-lives and time constants from experimental data; and solving reaction rate problems involving consecutive reactions, enzyme kinetics, and the effect of concentration and temperature on reaction rates.

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Itrne: Chemical Kinetics - Problems

This document contains 20 questions related to chemical kinetics and catalysis. The questions cover a range of topics including: determining the order of reactions from rate constants or concentration-time graphs; calculating rate constants, activation energies, half-lives and time constants from experimental data; and solving reaction rate problems involving consecutive reactions, enzyme kinetics, and the effect of concentration and temperature on reaction rates.

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CY2010 Kinetics and Catalysis

CHEMICAL KINETICS - PROBLEMS

1) If the unit of rate constant of a reaction is mol- 3L3s- 1, predict the order of the reaction.
Justify?

2) The absorption oflron (II) by small intestine has a rate law constant of 3.09 x 10- 2 s- 1.
If the initial concentration of iron (II) in food is 5.5 micro litre, how long it will take to
reduce the concentration to 1 microlitre?

3) The concentrations of a reactant varies with time for two different reactions are shown
in the following plots:

t '\'
(f?J [F.J

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Predict the order of these reactions and explain the behaviour in detail?

4) The variation of partial pressure of azomethane with time was carried out at 600K
confirmed that it is a first order reaction. Find out half-life and time constant for the
reaction using the following plot?
5) The decomposition of gaseous acetaldehyde follows second order kinetics at T(K). The
half-life of the reaction is 400 seconds. When the initial pressure is 250 torr, what will
be the rate constant (in torr- 1 s- 1) and half-life (seconds) respectively if the initial
pressure is 200 torr at the same temperature?

6) The dependence of rate constant 'K' on the temperature (Tin kelvin) ofa given reaction
is given expression lnK = [- 5000/T] + 10. Find out the activation energy ofthe reaction
in KJ/mol?

7) For the following consecutive first order reaction X-Y-Z. The rate constant of the
first step K 1= 2 s- 1, K2= 0.1 s- 1. The time (in seconds) required for ' Y' to reach its
maximum concentration (assuming only X present at t = 0)?

8) The Arhenius equation for two chemical reactions are K1 = A1e<- EilRD, K2 =
A2e<-E21RT)_ If E1 > Ei, which of the following is correct

(a) K1/K.2 < A1/A2; (b) Ki/K1 < A2/A1 ; (c) K1K2 > A1A2;
(b) K1+K2>A1+A2

9) The specific rate constant of decomposition of a compound is represented by InK= -


12000/T. Calculate the activation of the compound at 300 Kin kcal/mo!?

10)2A + B - 3Z,
For this reaction if the rate of conception of A is 2 x 10-4 mo! dm 3 s-', what vvill be the
rate of formation of Z?
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CY2010 : KINETICS AND CATALYSIS


TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

I I. In a first order reaction, it takes the reactant 40.5 minutes to be 25% decomposed. Calculate
the rate constant of the reaction.
12. The rate constant for a first order reaction is 1.54 x Io-3 s- 1• Calculate its half life time.
13. The t112 of a reaction is halved as the initial concentration of the reactant is doubled. What
is the order of the reaction?
14. The rate constant of a second order reaction is 5.70 x Io-5 dm 3 moJ- 1 s- 1 at 25°C and 1.64
x J0-4 dm 3 moJ- 1 s- 1 at 40°C. Calculate the Eaand the Arrhenius pre exponential factor.
1s For an enzyme substrate system obeying the simple Michaelis-Menten mechanism, the rate
of product formation when the substrate concentration is very large, has the limiting value
0.02 mol dm- 3 . At a substrate concentration of 250 mg dm-3 , the rate is half th is value.
Calculate KIK-1assuming that K2 >> K-,
I 6. In a reaction 2A ➔ products, the concentration of A decreases from 0.5 mo l L- 1 to 0.-J
mo! L- 1 in IO minutes. Calculate the rate during this interval.
17. The rate of change of concentration of C in the reaction 2A + B ➔ 2C + 3D was reported
as IO mot L- 1 s- 1• Calculate the reaction rate as well as rate of change of concentration of
A, Band D.
18. 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?
I9. A first order reaction has a rate constant I. 15 x w-3 s- 1
• How long will 5 g of this reactant
take to reduce to 3 g?
20. The rate of chemical reaction doubles for an increase of IO K in absolute temperature from
298 K. Calculate Ea.

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