PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. 50 cm3 of potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution at a temperature of 29.5 oC is added to 50 cm3 of 0.6
mol/dm3 sulphuric acid (H2SO4) at a temperature of 29.5 oC. After mixing, the maximum temperature of
the solution is 37.1 oC. The sulphuric acid is the limiting reactant.
a. Determine the heat change for the reaction
b. State TWO assumptions you have made in your calculation in ‘a’ above.
c. Calculate the heat of neutralization.
d. Draw a fully labelled energy profile diagram for the reaction

2. A student dissolved 16.0 g of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) in 75 cm3 of distilled water at room
temperature. He recorded a largest decrease in temperature of 15 oC.
a. Calculate the energy change for the reaction
b. Determine the number of moles of ammonium nitrate that dissolved.
c. Determine the heat of solution of ammonium nitrate
d. Draw a fully labelled energy profile diagram for the reaction

3. The figure below shows an energy profile diagram for a chemical reaction.

a. State, with reason, if the reaction is exothermic or endothermic

b. Identify the parts labelled A, B, D and E
c. Copy the diagram, then using dashed lines, show what it would look like if a catalyst was added to
speed up the reaction rate.
d. Explain how a catalyst works to speed up the rate of a reaction.

4. When 100 cm3 of 1.0 mol dm-3 nitric acid (HNO3) were added to 100 cm3 of 1.0 mol dm-3 sodium
hydroxide (NaOH) in a well-lagged cup, the temperature rose from 27 oC to 33.9 oC.
a. How many moles of sodium hydroxide are there in 100 cm3 of a 1.0 mol dn-3 solution?
b. How many moles of nitric acid are there in 100 cm3 of 1.0 mol dm-3 solution?
c. How many moles of sodium nitrate were produced in the above reaction?
d. Calculate the heat change given out in this reaction.
e. What is the heat produced when 1 mole of nitric acid reacts with 1 mole of sodium hydroxide?

5. Draw suitable energy profile diagrams to illustrate the changes taking place in the following reactions:
a. 50 cm3 of 2.0 mol dm-3 NaOH mixed with 50 cm3 of 2.0 mol dm-3 HCl gave a temperature rise of
13.6 oC
b. Dissolving 20 g of ammonium nitrate in 250 cm3 of water leads to a drop in temperature of 5.0 oC

(4.2 J of energy I required to heat 1 g of dilute solution through 1 oC)