Chembowl Game 2

Toss-up questions
1.This work may be transferred to a closed system by a rotating paddle or stirrer. What is
the name of this work?

Answer: Shaft work (T)

2. This parameter can be define as the amount of the reactions that has reacted divided by
the stoichiometric coefficient of the species.

Answer: Extent of the reaction (T)

3. Name the group of substances that are used to lower the freezing point of a water based
liquid mixture.

Answer: (anti-freeze)

4. This company is the largest chemical producer in the world for its chemical sales by
$69,195 million. Name this company.

Answer: (BASF)

5. What is the difference between fatty acids and penicillin in terms of their metabolism
character? (Fatty acids are involved in primary metabolism, whereas penicillin is involved in
secondary metabolism.)

6. When compressor tries to give high pressure head for the fluid with low flow rate, this
problem happens. Immediately after, the fluid inside compressor begins to move back and
forth, and unusual noise is observed. State the name of problem.

Answer: (Impeller Surge)

7. What is the name of process in the Distillation column that vapor pushes the liquid back
from the holes of plates?

Answer: (Coning) (Result of that is lowering of liquid contact)

8. When apples start to ripen, other fruits and vegetables around it also begin to ripen. Cite
the reason for it.

Answer: Well, this is because as apples ripen, they release the gas ethylene, which works
to ripen many different types of fresh produce

9. It is a method of predicting the formation of calcium carbonate and various sulphate

scales by calculating SI values.

Answer: Oddo-Thompson method (T)

10. Why titanium (4) oxide is brilliant white?

Answer: (has no electrons on d-orbital (d0)-no color is observed )

Bonus questions

1. Wax crystallization in crude oil pipelines may cause 3 main problems. Find
these problems.

Answer:

1)high viscosity leading to high pressure loss

2) high yield stress for restarting the flow

3) Deposition of wax crystals on pipeline wall which results higher pressure

drops and in some cases complete blockage (B)

2. What is the name of the association of manufacturers of shell and tube heat
exchangers which established a set of construction standards heat
exchangers?

Answer: (TEMA)
3. Your car’s airbags are packed with a compound, which is very toxic. But
when a collision takes place, the car’s sensors trigger an electrical impulse
which in the fraction of a second dramatically raises the temperature of the
salts. These then decompose into harmless nitrogen gas, rapidly expanding
the airbag. Name this salt

Answer: salt sodium azide

4. Name 5 countries that founded OPEC organization (Saudi Arabia,

Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait)

5.What is the name of alcohol that is used for preventing the formation of
hydrates in natural gas pipelines?

Answer: (Methanol)