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CHEMISTRY PRACTICE SHEET-EUDIOMETRY

1. What volume of oxygen will be required for the complete combustion of 18.2 litres of propane at NTP?

2. 20 mL of CO was mixed with 50 mL of oxygen and the mixture was exploded. On cooling, the resulting
mixture was shaken with KOH. Find the volume of the gas that is left.

3. 10 mL of a gaseous hydrocarbon was burnt completely in 80 mL of O 2 at NTP. The remaining gas occupied
70 mL at NTP. This volume become 50 mL on treatment with KOH solution. What is the formula of the
hydrocarbon?

4. 16 mL of a hydrocarbon gas was exploded with excess of oxygen. On cooling, the volume of the resulting
gaseous mixture was reduced by 48 mL. When KOH was added, there was a further decrease of 48 mL in the
volume. Find the molecular of the compound.

5. 7.5 mL of a gaseous hydrocarbon was exploded with 36 mL of oxygen. The volume of gases on cooling was
found to be 28.5 mL, 15 mL of which was absorbed by KOH and the rest was absorbed in a solution of
alkaline pyrogallol. If all volumes are measured under the same conditions, deduce the formula of the
hydrocarbon.

6. A sample of a gaseous hydrocarbon occupying 1.12 litres at NTP when completely burnt in air produced 2.2 g
of CO2 and 1.8g of H2O. Calculate the weight of the compound taken and the volume of O 2 at NTP required
for its burning. Find the molecular formula of the hydrocarbon.

7. 7.5 mL of a hydrocarbon gas was exploded with excess of oxygen. On cooling, it was found to have
undergone a contraction of 15 mL. If the vapour density of the hydrocarbon is 14, determine its molecular
formula. (C = 12, H = 1)

8. 10 mL of a gaseous organic compound containing C, H and O only was mixed with 100 mL of oxygen and
exploded under conditions which allowed the water formed to condense. The volume of the gas after
explosion was 90 mL. On treatment with potash solution, a further contraction of 20 mL in volume was
observed. Given that the vapour density of the compound is 23, deduce the molecular formula. All volume
measurements were carried out under the same conditions.

9. 9 Volumes of a gaseous mixture consisting of a gaseous organic compound A and just sufficient amount of
oxygen required for complete combustion, yielded on burning, 4 volumes of CO 2, 6 volumes of water vapour
and 2 volumes of N2, all volumes measured at the same temperature and pressure. If the compound A
contained only C, H and N, (i) how many volumes of oxygen are required for complete combustion, and (ii)
what is the molecular formula of the compound A?

10. A 40-mL sample of a mixture of H2 and O2 was placed in a gas burette at 18°C and 1 atm pressure. A spark
was applied so that the formation of H2O was complete. The remaining pure gas had a volume of 10 mL at
18°C and 1 atm pressure. If the remaining gas was hydrogen, what was the initial mole per cent of hydrogen
in the mixture?

11. A simple of coal gas contained H2 ,CH4 and CO. 20 mL of this mixture was exploded with 80 mL of oxygen.
On cooling, the volume of gases was 68 mL. There was contraction of 10 mL when treated with KOH. Find the
composition of the original mixture.

12. 10 mL of a mixture of CO, CH4 and N2, exploded with excess of oxygen, gave a contraction of 6.5 mL. There
was a further contraction of 7 mL when the residual gas was treated with KOH. What is the composition of the
original mixture?

13. 10 mL of a mixture of CH4, C2H4 and CO2 was exploded with excess of air. After explosion there was a
contraction of 17 mL and after treatment with KOH, there was a further reduction of 14 mL. What was the
composition of the mixture?

14. 60 mL of a mixture of nitrons oxide and nitric oxide was exploded with excess of hydrogen. If 38 mL of N 2 was
formed, calculate the volume of each gas in the mixture.

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Cmp 1: 0.806 g of dibromo derivative of a saturated organic compound is mixed with concentration HNO 3 and excess
of AgNO3 is then added and heated in a Carius tube. A total of 1.5 g AgBr precipitate was obtained
(Molar mass Ag = 108, Br = 80)
15. What is the molar mass of dibromo alkane
(a) 101 g (b) 151 g (c) 202 g (d) 303 g

16. How many of total isomers of dibromo alkane exist?

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

17. If experimentalist, in anticipation of water soluble impurities, washed precipitate several times using lots of
water before final weighing, how it would affect the result?
(a) Observed molar mass would be less than the actual value
(b) Observed molar mass would be greater than the actual value
(c) Observed molar man would be same as the actual molar mass
(d) Some impurity would come into precipitate

CMP2: In Duma’s method of estimation of nitrogen, 0.365 g of an organic amine was digested with concentrated
H2SO4 and the solution was finally treated with excess of KOH. NH 3, thus evolved was passed through 50 mL
0.08 M H2SO4 solution. The excess acid required 15 mL 0.20 M NaOH solution for back titration.

18. What is the mass percentage of nitrogen in amine?

(a) 12 % (b) 19 % (c) 24 % (d) 38 %

19. If the amine is a saturated aliphatic, acyclic amine, its molar mass would be
(a) 45 g (b) 59 g (c) 73 g (d) 87 g

20. How many different primary amine isomers are possible for the starting compound?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

21. Carbon dioxide gas (CO2) measuring 1 litre is passed over heated coke the total volume of the gases coming
out becomes 1.6 litre. Find % conversion of CO2 into carbon monoxide.

22. 100 ml of hydrocarbon is mixed with excess of oxygen and exploded. On cooling the mixture was reported
to have a contraction of 250 ml. The remaining gas when passed through a solution of aqueous KOH, the
mixture shows a further contraction of 300 ml. Find molecular formula of the hydrocarbon

23. 100 ml of an hydrocarbon is burnt in excess of oxygen in conditions so that water formed gets condensed
out the total contraction in volume of reaction mixture was found be 250 ml when the reaction mixture is
further exposed to aqueous KOH a further contraction of 300 ml is observed find molecular formula of
hydrocarbon.

24. A gaseous mixture containing CO, methane CH4 and N2 gas has total volume of 40 ml. this mixture exploded
with excess of oxygen on cooling this mixture a contraction of 30 ml is observed and when this mixture is
exposed to aqueous KOH a further contraction of 30 ml is observed , find the composition of the mixture.

25. A mixture of NO2 and CO having total volume of 100 ml contains 70 ml of NO 2 at 1 atm, mixture is left for
some time and same NO2 get dimerised to N2O4 such that final volume of the mixture become 80 ml at 1
atm calculate mole fraction of NO2 in final equilibrium mixture.

26. 1 litre of a mixture of CO and CO2 is taken. This mixture is passed through a tube containing red hot
charcoal. The volume now becomes 1.6 litre. The volumes are measured under the same conditions. Find
the composition of the mixture by volume.

27. When 100 ml of a O2 – O3 mixture was passed through turpentine, there was reduction of volume by 20 ml. If
100 ml of such a mixture is heated, what will be the increase in volume

28. The volume of CO2 produced by the combustion of 40 ml of gaseous acetone in excess of oxygen is
(a) 40 ml (b) 80 ml (c) 60 ml (d) 120 ml

29. 500 ml of a hydrocarbon gas burnt in excess of oxygen yields 2500 ml of CO 2 and 3 its of water vapours. All
volume being measured at the same temperature and pressure. the formula of the hydrocarbon is
(a) C5H10 (b) C5H12 (c) C4H10 (d) C4H8

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30. 15 ml of a gaseous hydrocarbon was required for complete combustion in 357 ml of air (21% of oxygen by
volume ) and the gaseous products occupied 327 ml (all volumes being measured at NTP). What is the
formula of the hydrocarbon?
(a) C3H8 (b) C4H8 (c) C5H10 (d) C4H10

31. 7.5 ml of a gaseous hydrocarbon was exploded with 36 ml of oxygen. The volume of gases on cooling was
found to be 28.5 ml, 15 ml of which was absorbed by KOH and the rest was absorbed in a solution of
alkaline pyrogallol. If all volumes are measured under same conditions, the formula of hydrocarbon is
(a) C3H4 (b) C2H6 (c) C2H6 (d) C3H6

32. A gaseous alkane is exploded with oxygen. The volume of O 2 for complete combustion to CO2 formed is in
the ratio 7/4. The molecular formula of alkane is
(a) C2H4 (b) C2H6 (c) CH4 (d) C4H12

33. LPG is a mixture of n-butane and iso-butane. The volume of oxygen needed to burn 1 kg of LPG at NTP
would be
(a) 2240 t (b) 2510 t (c) 1000 t (d) 500 t

34. A mixture of ethane and ethene occupies 40 litre at 1 atm pressure and 400 K temperature. The mixture
reacts completely with 130 g of O2 to produce CO2 and H2O. Assuming ideal gas behaviour, calculate the
mole fractions of ethane and ethene in the mixture.

35. 10 ml of a mixture of CH4, C2H4 and CO2 was exploded with excess of air. After explosion there was a
contraction of 17 ml and after treatment with KOH, there was further reduction of 14 ml. What was the
composition of the mixture?

36. A gaseous hydrocarbon gives upon combustion 0.72 g of water and 3.08 g of CO 2. The empirical formula of
the hydrocarbon is
(a) C2H4 (b) C3H4 (c) C6H5 (d) C7H8

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