Practice Sheet for Solving Chemical Kinetics Related Problems:

1. The catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (first order reaction) can be followed by
measuring the volume of oxygen liberated in a gas burette. From such an experiment, it was
found that the concentration of hydrogen peroxide remaining after 65 min, expressed as the
volume in milliliters of gas evolved, was 9.60 from an initial concentration of 57.90.

(a) Calculate k using equation.

(b) How much hydrogen peroxide remained undecomposed after 25 min?

2. A solution of a drug contained 500 units/mL when prepared. It was analyzed after 40 days and
was found to contain 300 units/mL. Assuming the decomposition is first order, at what time will
the drug have decomposed to one-half of its original concentration?

3. The initial concentrations of both ethyl acetate and sodium hydroxide in the mixture were
0.01000 M. The concentration of alkali after 20 min was found 0.00434. Compute (a) the rate
constant and (b) the half-life of the reaction.

4. Find the rate law expression from the following table

Experiment [A] (M) [B] (M) [C] (M) Initial Rate (M/s)
1 0.35 0.35 0.35 8.0 x 10^-4

2 0.70 0.35 0.35 3.2 x 10^-3

3 0.70 0.70 0.35 6.4 x 10^-3

4 0.70 0.35 0.70 3.2 x 10^-3

5. What would the rate constant of the reaction be given the following set of experiments?

A+B→C+D

Experiment [A] (M) [B] (M) Initial Rate (M/s)

1 0.040 0.040 2.2 x 10^-4

2 0.040 0.080 4.4 x 10^-4

3 0.080 0.080 8.8 x 10^-4

6. Calculate the rate at which B and C are formed if A is consumed at 3.6x10^-4 M/s.

2A → 4 B + C