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1 Mark Questions
1. The gas phase decomposition of acetaldehyde CH3CHO→CH4+CO , follows the rate law.
What are the units of its rate constant?
Ans: atm1/2sec-1
2. State the order with respect to each reactant and overall reaction.
H2O+3I-+2H+ 2H2O+ I3- Rate = k [H2O2]1[I-]1
Ea [313−293 ]
Log 4=
2.303 x 8.314 JK−1 M −1 313 X 293
ii) What concentration of N2O5 would give a rate of 2.45 x 10-5mol l-1s-1?
Rate=K[N2O5]
2.45 X 10−5
[N2O5] = Rate/k= =0.82
3.0 X 10−5
b) Rate of reaction is given by the equation Rate= k [A]2 [B]. What are the units of rate constant
for this reaction?
k= mol-2L2s-1
1. Following reaction takes place in one step 2NO+ O2 → 2NO2. How will the rate of the
reaction of the above reaction change if the volume of reaction vessel is diminished
to1/3 of its original volume?
Ans. 2NO+O2 → 2NO2 dx/dt=k*[NO]2[O2] (Since it is one step) If the volume of reaction
vessel is diminished to 1/3rd, concentration of both NO and O2 will become 3 times, the rate of
reaction increased 27 times.
3. The half life period of a first order reaction is 60 minutes. What percentage will be left
after 240 minutes?
Ans. No of half lives = 240/60=4, i.e. n= 4
Amount left after 4 half lives = [A]0/24 = [A]0/16 = 0.0625 of A0 = 6.25%
4. A first order reaction is 40% complete in 50 minutes. Calculate the value of the rate
constant. In what time will the reaction is 80% complete?
Ans.
2.303
(i) For the first order reaction k= log a/a-x
t
40
When x = a = 0.4a =, t=50 minutes
100
a
K= 2.303/50 log
a−0.4 a
2.303 1
Or k= log = 0.010216 min -1
50 0.6
Q.3) Why is the probability of reaction with molecularity higher than three is rare?
Q.4) With the help of diagram explain the role of activated complex in a reaction.
Q.5) A first order reaction takes 40 min for 30% decomposition calculate its t 1/2 value.
Q.6) A first order reaction has the rate constant k = 5.5 x 10 -14 s-1. Find its half life
Q.7) A first order reaction has a rate constant 1.15 x10-3 s-1. How long will 5g of this reactant
take to reduce
to 3g?
Q.10 ) Explain the terms: (i) Rate of reaction (ii) Activation energy of a reaction
Q.11) Explain the terms: (i) Order of reaction (ii) molecularity of a reaction
Q15) What do you understand by the rate law and the rate const. of a reaction? Identify the
order of reaction if the units of its rate const. are (i)mol/L/s (ii) L/mol/s
Q16) A reaction is of second order with respect to a reactant. How is the rate of reaction
affected if the concentration of the reactant is reduced to half? What is the unit of rate const.
for such a reaction?
Q17) (a) Explain difference between the average rate and instantaneous rate of Reaction.
Q19) A reaction is of second order with respect to a reactant. How is the rate affected if the
concentration of the reactant is
Q20) (a) For a reaction A + B P , the rate law is given by, R = k [A]1/2[B]2
( b ) A first order reaction is found to have a rate constant k=5.5 x 10 s Find the half life of
-14 -1
the reaction.
Q21) The rate of reaction becomes four times when the temperature changes from293 K to 313
K.Calculatethe energy of activation (Ea) of the reaction assuming that it does not change with
temperature. [R = 8.314 J K -1, log4 = 0.6021]
Q22). For a chemical reaction R P, the variation in the concentration (R) vs. time (t) plot is
given as
ANS. 1 (a) Elementary step: Each step of a complex reaction is called an elementary step.
(b) Rate of reaction: It is the change in the concentration of any of the reactants or
products per
unit time
Ans. 3 Since probability of collision of more than three molecules simultaneously is least.
Ans. 9 Activation energy: The amount of energy which the reactants must absorb to pass
over the
energy barrier between reactants and products is known as the activation energy.
Order of reaction :- The sum of powers of the concentration of the reactants in the rate law
expression is called the order of that chemical reaction.
Ans. 10 (i) Rate of Reaction: It is defined as the decrease in the concentration of reactants
per unit time
(ii) Activation energy: The amount of energy which the reactants must absorb to pass over
the
energy barrier between reactants and products is known as the activation energy.
Ans. 11 Order of reaction :- The sum of powers of the concentration of the reactants in the
rate law expression is called the order of that chemical reaction.
Ans. 13 Catalyst provides an alternate pathway by reducing activation energy between reactant
and product. For fig. refer ncert book page no, 115 fig. 4.11
Ans .14 Catalyst catalyses the forward as well as backward reaction to the same extent so
that the equilibrium state remains same but is reached earlier.
Ans. 15 Rate law- Rate law is an expression in which rate of reaction is expressed in terms of
conc. Of reactants which are raised to some power which may or mat not be equal to their
stoichiometric coefficients given in the balanced chemical equation.
Rate constant-rate constant is numerically equal to rate of reaction when molar concentration
of all the reactants equal to 1 .
Ans. 16 An experimentally determined expression which relates the rate of reaction with the
concentration of
reactants is called rate law while the rate of reaction when concentration of each reactant is
unity in a
(i) Comparing power of mole in L–1 mol s–1 and (mol L–1)1–n s–1,
We get
(ii) Again comparing power of mole in L mol–1s–1 and (mol L–1) 1–n
s–1, we get
Ans. 17
Rate of change of conc. W.r.t. time measured Rate of change of conc. W.r.t. time measured
over long time interval over a very small time interval i. e. at a
particular instant.
Rate avg = rav = - ∆[R] / ∆t = + ∆ [P] / ∆t Rate ins = rins = - d[R] / dt = + d [P] / dt = k [R]x
Ans. 18
2. Order is the sum of the exponents Molecularuitry is the total number of atoms ,
(powers ) of the concentration of ions or molecules of the reactant invonled in
reactant in rate law expression reaction
T im e
Q. 2. What is the effect of temperature on activation energy ?
Q. 3. Which will dissolve in water faster, powdered sugar or crystalline sugar and why ?
Q. 4. Which reaction will take place faster and why ?
500 °C
C (s) + ½ O2 (g) ————— CO (g)
1000 °C
C (s) + ½ O2 (g) ————— CO (g)
Q. 5. For a reaction A + H2O —— B; r = k [A]. What is its (i) Molecularity (ii) Order ?
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T im e ( t)
(i) Predict the order of the reaction.
(ii) What does the slope of the graph represent ?
Q. 2. For a reaction, the activation energy is zero. What is the value of rate constant at 300 K if
K = 1.6 × 106 s–1 at 280 K.
1
T
Q. 3. The slope of the line in the graph of log K is for a reaction is – 5841 K. Calculate E a for
the reaction.
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Q. 1. Consider the reaction R —— P. The change in concentration of A with time is shown in
the given plot :
y
C o n c. [R ]
x
T im e ( t )
(i) Predict the order of the reaction.
(ii) Derive the expression for the time required for the completion of the reaction.
Q. 2. Answer the following questions on the basis of the given curve for a first order reaction :
A —— P
[ R 0]
lo g
[R ]
T im e
(i) What is the relation between slope of this line and rate constant ?
(ii) Calculate the rate constant of the above reaction if the slope is 2 × 10–4 s–1.
Q. 3. For a certain chemical reaction variation in concentration in [R] VS time plot is given
below. For this reaction write :
1
T
Q. 5. Consider a plot between k vs where T is the temperature. On the basis of this plot,
answer the following questions :
y
ln k
x
1
T
(i) What is the slope in this line ?
Q. 6. Diagram given below shows a plot of potential energy Vs reaction co-ordination for a
hypothetical reaction. Write answers to the following from the plot given :
(a) Represent reactant, product and activated complex in terms of A, B and C ?
(b) Is this reaction exothermic or endothermic ?
(c) What will be the effect of a catalyst on Ea of the reaction ?
C
P
O
Y
T A
B
E x
N
Reaction Coordinate
T
Q. 7. The rateI of a first order reaction is 0.04 mol/h/s at 10 minutes and 0.03 mol/h/s at 20
minutes. Find the half life period of the reaction.
Q.8 For a decomposition reaction the values of rate const. k at two different temp. are given below
K1 = 2.15 x 10-8 L /mol/s at 650K K2= 2.39 x 10-7 L/mol/s at 700K Calculate Ea for this reaction (R =
8.314J/mol/K)
Q.9 The decomposition of PH3 proceeds according to the following equation.4PH3 P4 + 6H2 It is found
that the reaction follows the following rate
Q.10 The rate of reaction increases four times when the temperature
changes from 300K to 320 K Calculate Ea ,assuming that it does not change with temperature . ( R = 8.314J/K/mol)
Q.11 The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of SO2Cl2 at const. volume.
1 0 0.5
2 100 0.6
d[R]
dt
(ii) Slope = – k =
K2 Ea T2 T1 0 T2 T1
K1 2.303R T1T2 2.303R T1T2
Ans.2 log = = =0
K2
K1
= antilog (0) = 1 or K2 = K1 = 1.6 × 106 s–1
Ea
2.303R
Ans.3 Slope =–
Ea = – 2.303 R × Slope
(ii) ‘z’ represents H, the enthalpy change for the reaction.
Ea
R
Ans.5 (i) Slope = –
(ii) Intercept = ln A
1
T
(iii) ln k or K = A e–Ea/RT
r2 = KC2
2.303 C1
t C2
K= log
When t = 10 min
2.303 0.04 2.303 4
t 0.03 10 3
K = log = log
–1
= 0.0287 min
0.693 0.693
K 0.0287
t½ = =
= 24.14 min.
Q.4 The following data were obtained during the first order thermal decomposition of SO 2Cl2 at const.
volume.
1 0 0.5
2 100 0.6