Day 1: Physical Chemistry

May 2019

Physical Chemistry
1. Oxidation takes place at the
A. Cathode B. Anode C. Salt bridge D. Two electrodes

2. The isochore corresponds to which of the following conditions?

A. Constant T B. Constant P C. Constant V D. Constant S

3. Avogadro's law relates

A. Pressure to temperature
B. Temperature to volume
C. Volume to moles of gas
D. Moles of gas to pressure

4. The numerical value of the specific heat of water is

A. 4.184 B. 4.186 C. 8.314 D. AOTC

5. The value of K for the formation of HBr(g) from H2(g) and Br2(g) 2.2e9 at 298 K. What is the corresponding value
of ΔG° at 298 K?
A. -53 kJ/mol B. -53 J/mol C. +53 J/mol D. +53 kJ/mol

6. Which of the following statements about entropy is INCORRECT?

A. ΔS=0 for a phase change
B. A pure, perfect crystal at 0 K has zero entropy
C. For a compound or element, the value of S° will depend on the temperature
D. The entropy of the universe increases during a spontaneous, irreversible process

7. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A. If a reaction is exothermic, ΔH° is negative.
B. If ΔG° for a reaction at 298 K is -60 ≈ kJ/mol, k ≈ 10e10
C. A thermodynamically favorable process is a rapid process
D. A negative value of ΔG° indicates that the process is thermodynamically stable

8. What rate law can be obtained from the following data?

PNO (torr) PH2 (torr) Initial rate (torr/s)
400 200 0.46
200 400 0.92
400 400 1.85

A. Rate = k PNO B. Rate = k PNO PH2 C. Rate = k PNO P2H2 D. Rate = k P2NO
PH2

9. A bomb calorimeter operates at

A. Constant C. Constant D. Constant E. Constant
B. pressure temperature volume pressure and
volume

10. For the reaction A + B -> C, rate = k[A]. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. The plot of [A] against time is linear
B. The rate depends on the concentration of A
C. The unit of the rate constant is s-1
D. The rate is independent of the concentration of B

11. A radionuclide has a half-life of 62 min. What is the rate constant for the decay of the nuclide?
A. 0.011 s-1 B. 0.011 min-1 C. 89 s D. 89 min

12. Which of the following is true of the state function z = z(x,y)?

A. The value of z depends on the amount of material present in a substance
B. The differential of z is exact
C. The mixed derivatives of z are equal
D. B and C
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E. A, B, and C

For 13-16:
A mole of perfect gas expands reversibly and isothermally from 10 to 1 bar at 25°C.
13. What is w?
A. -5.7 kJ B. +5.7 kJ C. -0.48 kJ D. +0.48 kJ E. NOTC

14. What is q?
A. -5.7 kJ B. +5.7 kJ C. -0.48 kJ D. +0.48 kJ E. NOTC

15. What is ΔU?

A. -5.7 kJ B. B. +5.7 kJ C. -0.48 kJ D. +0.48 kJ E. NOTC

16. What is ΔH?

A. -5.7 kJ B. +5.7 kJ C. -0.48 kJ D. +0.48 kJ E. NOTC

17. What is the entropy change for the freezing of one mole of water at 0°C? The heat of fusion is 333.5 Jg -1.
A. 22 J/K B. -22 C. 16 J/K D. -16 E. NOTC
J/K J/K

18. Which of the following expressions describe the change in entropy associated with a change in state from state 1
to state 2?
A. ∫dq B. ∫dqrev C. ∫dqrev/T D. ∫CvdT E. NOTC

19. Metal block 1 and block 2 at temperatures T K and 2T K, respectively, were allowed to equilibrate to the same
temperature. What is the change in entropy associated with the process given that block 1 and block 2 are of the
same sizes and are made from the same material?
A. Cpln(1/2) B. Cpln(3/8) C. Cpln(9/4) D. Cpln(9/8)

20. Which of the following thermodynamic potentials is the Legendre transform of U in T?

A. H B. G C. A D. S

21. Which of the following equations is incorrect?

A. dG=-SdT+VdP B. dA=-SdT+PdV C. dH=TdS+VdP D. dU=TdS-PdV

22. What is the partial derivative of P with respect to S at constant V?

A. (δP/δT)V B. (δT/δV)S C. -(δV/ δP)T D. –(δT/ δV)s

For 23-25:

One mole of toluene is vaporized at its boiling point, 111 °C at 1 atm. The heat of vaporization at this temperature is 361.9
Jg-1. Toluene has the formula C7H8.
23. What is q?
A. 2542 J B. -2542 J C. 3193 J D. -3193 J

24. What is ΔS?

A. 86.8 J/K B. 96.7 J/K C. 105.4 J/K D. 123.6 J/K

25. What is ΔG?

A. 0 J B. 86.8 J C. 3193 J D. 1000 J

For 26 and 27:

N-propyl alcohol has the following vapor pressures.
t/°C 40 60 80 100
P/kPa 6.69 19.6 50.1 112.3

26. What is its heat of vaporization?

A. 44.8 kJ/mol B. 54.2 kJ/mol C. 65.3 kJ/mol D. 84.6 kJ/mol

27. What is the boiling point at 1 bar?

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A. 65°C B. 79°C C. 97.0°C D. 112°C

28. Which of the following is/are intensive properties?

A. Molar B. Standard C. Density D. A and C E. A,B, and
heat reduction C
capacity potential

For 29-30:
The following data were obtained on the rate of hydrolysis of 17% sucrose in 0.099 mol/L HCl aqueous solution at 35°C.
t/min 9.82 59.60 93.18 142.9 294.8 589.4
Sucrose 96.5 80.3 71.0 59.1 32.8 11.1
remaining,
%

29. What is the order of the reaction with respect to sucrose?

A. 0th B. 1st C. 2nd D. 3rd

30. What is the numerical value of the rate constant?

A. 6.27e-5 B. 4.56e-5 C. 3.13e-5 D. 2.12e-5

31. Which of the following is NOT TRUE of a perfect gas?

A. The molecules of a perfect gas do not interact with each other
B. A perfect gas may be compressed up to zero volume
C. The perfect gas equation hold true only at the limits of high pressure and low temperature
D. B and C

32. Which of the following terms account for the van der Waals forces that hold real gas molecules together?
A. Nb B. a/V2 C. V-nb D. a+RTV

For 33-36
A voltaic cell utilizes the following reaction and operates at 298 K.
3Ce4+(aq) + Cr(s) ↔3Ce3+(aq) + Cr3+
Ce4+(aq) + e ↔ Ce3+(aq) ε°=1.61 V
Cr3+(aq) + 3e ↔Cr(s) ε°=-0.74 V

33. What is the emf of this cell under standard conditions?

A. 0.87 V B. 2.35 V C. -0.87 V D. -2.35 V

34. What is the emf of this cell when [Ce4+] = 1.5 M, [Ce3+] = 0.010 M and [Cr3+] = 0.010 M? Use F = 96,285 C/mol.
A. 2.35 V B. 2.41 V C. 2.48 V D. 2.52 V

35. What is the ΔG for the electrochemical reaction?

A. 718 kJ B. 680 kJ C. -729 kJ D. -698 kJ

36. Is the reaction spontaneous?

A. Yes B. No C. Maybe D. Insufficient
data

37. Which of the following substances will most likely form an azeotrope?
A. Benzene- B. Hexane- C. Chloroform- D. NOTC
toluene pentane water

38. What is the freezing point of the solution prepared by dissolving 68.4 g of sucrose (M=342 g/mol) in 1000 g of
water?
A. -0.372°C B. -0.271°C C. -0.179°C D. -0.053°C

39. What is the mole fraction of toluene in a toluene-benzene solution that boils at 100°C? Pben°=1.800 bar,
Ptol°=0.742 bar
A. 0.744 B. 0.435 C. 0.332 D. 0.123
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40. What is the mole fraction of toluene in the vapor above the solution in No. 39?
A. 0.545 B. 0.675 C. 0.773 D. 0.895

41. What pressure of 1 mol of NH3 corresponds to 1 mol of H2 at 1.0 atm and 25°C? Pc for NH3 = 111.3 atm; Pc for H2 =
12.8 atm.
A. 4.5 atm B. 6.3 atm C. 8.7 atm D. 9.9 atm

42. A gas at 250 K and 15 atm has a molar volume 12% smaller than that calculated from the perfect gas equation.
Calculate the compressibility factor under these conditions.
A. 0.67 B. 0.76 C. 0.88 D. 1.04

43. At 100°C and 120 torr, the mass density of phosphorus vapor is 0.6388 kg/m3. What is the molecular formula of
phosphorus under these conditions? The atomic mass of phosphorus is 30.97 amu.
A. P B. P2 C. P3 D. P4

44. Suppose that a certain biologically important reaction is too slow at physiological temperature (37°C). Assuming
that the collision factor remains the same, by how much must an enzyme lower the activation energy of the
reaction in order to achieve a 500-fold increase in the reaction rate?
A. 16 kJ B. 8 kJ C. 4 kJ D. 2 kJ

For 45-46:
A mole of argon is allowed to expand adiabatically and reversibly from a pressure of 10 bar and 298.15 K to 1 bar.
45. What is the final temperature in K?
A. 96.3 B. 118.7 C. 123.5 D. 144.2

46. How much work can be done in kJ?

A. 1.12 B. 2.24 C. 3.36 D. 4.48

For 47-48:
One mole of methane (considered to be a perfect gas) initially 25°C and 1 bar pressure is heated at constant pressure until
the volume has doubled. The variation of the molar heat capacity with absolute temperature is given by Cp=22.34 + 48.1e-
3T, where Cp is in J/mol-K and T is in K.
47. Calculate ΔH in kJ.
A. 13.07 B. 15.76 C. 24.35 D. 36.78

48. Calculate ΔU in kJ.

A. 3.87 B. 6.87 C. 8.98 D. 10.59

49. A pH meter is an example of

A. An ion-selective electrode
B. An electrolytic cell
C. A liquid junction
D. A reference electrode

50. In a phase diagram, the solid-liquid line has a negative slope for which of the following pure substances?
A. Carbon dioxide B. Argon C. Water D. Ammonia

Answers:
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. D
10. A
11. B
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12. D
13. A
14. B
15. E
16. E
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. C
21. B
22. D
23. D
24. A
25. A
26. A
27. C
28. E
29. B
30. A
31. D
32. B
33. B
34. D
35. A
36. A
37. C
38. A
39. A
40. A
41. C
42. C
43. D
44. A
45. B
46. B
47. A
48. D
49. A
50. C