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SI Worksheet 3: CHEM120

Monday 10:30-12:10

28 August 2023

Colligative properties and Phase Chemistry:

1. A 1.8 g mass of fructose was added to 0.100 kg of water and the freezing point of
solution decreased by 0.186 ºC. What is the molar mass of fructose given that the K f
value is 1.86 ºC.kg/mol?

2. Calculate the boiling point of a solution containing 0.0.308 g of camphor (C10H16O)

dissolved in 22.6 g of benzene? (Kbp = 4.56 °C m-1; boiling point of benzene = 80.1
°C).

3. In the phase diagram below, name what phases the segment lines A-B, D-A, and C-A
separate:

4. Calculate the vapour pressure (atm) of an aqueous solution at 100 ºC which contains
15.0 g of sucrose, C12H22O11, in 250 g of water. Given that PO water = 1.00 atm at 100
ºC

5. The osmotic pressure for 1000 mL of an aqueous solution containing 5.38 g of bovine
haemoglobin was found to be 2.51 x 10-3 atm at 50 °C. Determine the molar mass of
the haemoglobin (Hb).

6. What mass of water is needed to dissolve 292.5 g of KCl (74.55 g mol-1) to produce a
0.25 m solution?
 7. A solution is prepared by dissolving 76.8 g of an unknown solute in 873 g of ethanol.
The solution boils at 84.3 °C. Calculate the molar mass (in gmol-1) of the unknown
given that ethanol boils at 78.5 °C and has a Kbp of 1.22 °C/m.

Chemical Equilibria

1. Write equilibrium constant expression, KC, for the formation from its gaseous
elements of:
a) 1 mol HF(g)
b) 2 mol N2O(g)

2. . Consider the following equilibrium:

2CO(g) + O2(g) ⇌ 2CO2(g) K = 56.2

a) Determine the equilibrium constant for the decomposition of 2CO2(g):

2CO2(g) ⇌ 2CO(g) + O2(g) K=?

b) Determine the equilibrium constant if the original equation is multiplied by 2:

1
CO(g) + O2(g) ⇌ CO2(g) K=?
2

3. Explain how each of the following changes will affect the amount of H2 present in an
equilibrium mixture given the reaction:
3 Fe(s) + 4 H2O(g) ⇌ Fe3O4(s) + 4 H2(g) ΔHo = -150 kJ
a) Raising the temperature of the mixture;
b) Introducing more H2O(g);
c) Doubling the volume of the container holding the mixture;
d) Adding an appropriate catalyst

4. Calculate [H2(g)]eq at 483 K in the ⇌ below, given that [CO(g)]eq & [CH3OH(g)]eq are
1.28 M & 1.15 M. Given KC = 14.5 at 483 K.
CO(g) + 2 H2(g) ⇌ CH3OH(g)