1a._Homework_Sheet-_Chemical_Kinetics_-_Google_Docs
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HomeworkSheet-ChemicalKinetics
1 Definethetermchemicalkinetics.
2 Definetherateofreaction.
3 Whatistheaveragerateofareaction?Howisitdetermined?
4 Whataretheunitsoftherateofreaction?
5 Whatistheinstantaneousrateofreaction?Howisitdetermined?
6 Forthefollowingreactions,writetherateofreactionexpressionintermsofreactants
andproducts?
7 ForthechemicaldecompositionofSO2Cl2,itsinitialconcentrationis0.8420mol/L
andthefinalconcentrationis0.215mol/Lin2hours.Whatistheaveragerateofthis
reaction?
8 Intheexpressionoftherateofreactionintermsofreactants,whatisthesignificance
ofthenegativesign?
9 Forthereaction,
wasfoundtobe5.0x10-4 atm/s.Determinethevalueof△[O3]
/△tinatm/sduringthisperiodoftime?
11 Areactionofsecondorderwithrespecttoareactant.Howwilltherateofthereaction
beaffectediftheconcentrationofthisreactantis:(i)Doubled,(ii)Reducedtohalf ?
12 Therateofthechemicalreactiondoublesforanincreaseof10Kinabsolute
temperaturefrom298K.CalculateEa.
13 Nitrogenpentoxidedecomposesaccordingtotheequation:
𝟐𝐍𝟐𝐎𝟓 (𝐠)⟶
𝟒𝐍𝐎𝟐 (𝐠)+𝐎𝟐
(𝐠).Thisfirst-orderreactionwasallowedtoproceedat
𝟒𝟎℃,andthedatabelowwerecollected:
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𝑵𝟐𝑶𝟓](𝑴) Time(min)
0.400 0.00
0.289 20.0
0.209 40.0
0.151 60.0
0.109 80.0
(a)Calculatetherateconstant.Includeunitswithyouranswer.
(b)Whatwillbetheconcentration𝑵 𝟐
𝑶𝟓after
100minutes?
(c)Calculatetheinitialrateofreaction.
14 Therateconstantforthefirst-orderdecompositionof𝑯 𝟐
𝑶𝟐 isgivenbythefollowing
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equation:𝒍𝒐𝒈𝑲=𝟏 𝟒.𝟐−𝟏.𝟎×𝟏𝟎 /𝑻𝑲.Calculate𝑬 𝒂forthisreactionandrate
constantkifitshalf-lifeperiodis256minutes.(Given:R=8.314𝑱 𝑲−𝟏𝒎𝒐𝒍−𝟏 ).
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