Kendriya Vidyalaya No.

4 AFS Maharajpur Gwalior

Holiday Home work (Chemistry)

CHEMICAL KINETICS
1. (a) .For the reaction A --→ B, the rate of reaction becomes three times when the 2
concentration of A is increased by nine times. What is the order of reaction ?
(b). The proposed mechanism for a chemical reaction is as given below :
(1) H2O2 + I⁻---→ H2O + IO– (slow)
3
(2) H2O2 + IO⁻----→ H2O + I– + O2 (fast)
(i) Write rate law for the reaction.
(ii) Write the overall order of reaction.
(iii) Out of steps (1) and (2), which one is rate determining step ?
2. (i).The following data were obtained for the reaction : 3
A + 2B ⎯⎯→ C
Experiment [A]/M [B]/M Initial rate of formation of C
/M min⁻
1 0·2 0·3 4·2 X 10-2
2 0·1 0·1 6·0 X 10-3
3 0·4 0·3 1·68 X 10-1
4 0·1 0·4 2·40 X 10-3

(a) Find the order of reaction with respect to A and B.

(b) Write the rate law and overall order of reaction.
(c) Calculate the rate constant (k).
(ii).The rate of a reaction depends upon the temperature and is quantitatively 2
expressed as k = A e Ea/RT
(a) If a graph is plotted between log k and 1/T, write the expression for the slope of
the reaction?
(b) If at under different conditions Ea1 and Ea2 are the activation energy of two
reactions If Ea1 = 40 J / mol and Ea2 = 80 J / mol. Which of the two has a larger value of
the rate constant?
3. (a)A first order reaction is 50 % complete in 50 minutes at 300 K and the same 2+3
reaction is again 50 % complete in 25 minutes at 350 K. Calculate activation energy
of the reaction.
(b) Show that time required for 99% completion is twice the time required for the
completion of 90% reaction .
4. (a) A first order reaction is 50% completed in 50 min. at 300 K and in 20 min at 3
320 K . Calculate the activation energy of the reaction ( Given: log 2=0.3010, log
4= 0.6021, R = 8.314 J/mol.K
(b) Write the differences between order of reaction and molecularity of a 2
reaction .
5. For the hydrolysis of methyl acetate in aqueous solution , the following result were
obtained :
t(s) 0 30 60
CH3COOCH3 0.60 0.30 0.15
(i) Show that it follow pseudo first order reaction , as the concentration of
water remains constant .
(ii) Calculate the average rate of reaction between time interval 30 to 60
second .

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