Assignment 1 CY101 (Chemistry for Engineers)

Q1. Consider the following data of a reaction 2A + 2B → C + 3D between A and B to give products

[A] (Mole) [B] (Mole) Rate (mol dm3 s-1)

[1] 6 x 10-3 1 x 10-3 0.012
-3
[2] 6 x 10 2 x 10-3 0.024
-3
[3] 2 x 10 1.5 x 10-3 0.002
[3] 4 x 10-3 1.5 x 10-3 0.008
a b
If the reaction rate is given by r = k [A] [B] , then

(a) What is the order of the reaction with respect to [A]; (b) what is the order of the reaction with
respect to [B]; (c) What is the overall order of the reaction; (d) Write the rate law equation
and; (e) calculate the rate constant.

Q2. The half life of a first order reaction is 10 min. What percent of A remains after 1 h?

Q3. The rate constant of second order reaction is 5.7 x 10-5 dm3 mol-1 s-1 at 298 K and 1.64 x 10-4 dm3
mol-1 s-1 at 313 K. Calculate the activation energy and Arrhenius-pre exponential factor.

Q4. The half life for the decomposition of N2O5 in the troposphere is 2.05 x 104 s. How long will it
take for a sample of N2O5 to decay to 60% of its initial value?

Q5. The decomposition of PH3 at 950 K is followed by noting the change in total pressure as a
function of time.

PH3(g) → P4 (g) + 6H2(g)

Following measurements were made on the system containing only PH3 initially.

Time 0 50 100
P (Total) in Hg 200 299 332

What is the order and rate constant of this reaction?

Q6. The reaction 2NO + H2 → N2O + H2O follows the rate law

Rate = k(PNO)2 PH2 , following data are provided

Run (PNO)0 (mm Hg) PH2 ( mm Hg) t1/2 (s) T (°C)

1 600 10 19.2 820
2 600 20 ? 820
3 10 600 830 820
4 20 600 ? 820
5 600 10 10 840
(a) What is the value of half life time shown in Table? (b) What is the value of k at 820 °C? (c)
Calculate the t1/2 at 820 °C if (PNO) = 20 mm Hg and PH2 = 10 mm Hg. (d) Calculate the
value of Ea.
 Q7. Ethylene oxide was decomposed in a closed vessel by following equation:

Ethylene oxide(g) → CH4(g) + CO(g)

With the help of following data find the velocity constant of the reaction and show that the
reaction follows the first order.

Time (min) 0 5 9 18
Pressure (mm Hg) 116.51 123.26 128.74 141.37