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CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING

Weekly Practice Problems – 3

Kinetic Equations for CVRS WPP
&
Basics of VVRS #03
 For a liquid phase first order reaction operating in a batch
Q. 1 reactor, Calculate the % of A reacted after time 2 min. If sp.
reaction rate = 0.045 hr– 1.
 For an aqueous phase reaction following zeroth order kinetics,
Q. 2 Calculate the concentration of ‘A’ at time t = 0. Given that
CA = 0.5 mol/l at time t = 5 min and CA = 0.2 mol/l at time
t = 10 min.
 For a liquid phase second order reaction, calculate the reaction
Q. 3 rate constant k (in l/mol-hr). Given that CA = 5.5 mol/l at time
t = 4 min and CA = 2.5 mol/l at time t = 9 min. Also Calculate the
CA0.
 The half life of a radioisotope is found to be 4.55 minutes. If the
Q. 4 decay follows first order kinetics, what percentage of isotope
will remain after 2 hours?
 The knowledge of initial concentration and rate constant is
Q. 5 necessary to determine the half life of the reaction of ______
order.
(A) Zero (B) First
(C) Second (D) None of These
 For a liquid phase reaction, Calculate the %conversion of ‘A’
Q. 6 after time t = 2 min. Data given CA0 = 10 mol/l, with rate law as
follows:
 The first order decomposition of acetone takes place at 500 0C.
Q. 7 It is found that the concentration of acetone is 0.03 M after 200
min and 0.02 M after 400 min. Calculate the rate constant, the
half life and the initial concentration.
 The conversion of a reactant undergoing a first order reaction
Q. 8 at a time equal to 3 times the half-life of the reaction is
(A) 0.875 (B) 0.5
(C) 0.425 (D) 0.75
 The reaction 2A + B → C + D, goes to completion and follows the
Q. 9 following rate law (−𝒓𝑨 ) = 𝒌𝑪𝟐𝑨 𝑪𝑩 . Fill the gaps left in the
following information

10+6 × CA0 10+6 × CB0 Half-life

(mol·dm– 3) (mol·dm– 3) (s)
300 40 62.6
300 60 ---
5 300 635
10 300 ---
 What percentage of a sample has reacted after six half-lives?
Q. 10
 Answer the following:
Q. 11 (i) Nobelium – 259 has a half life of 58 minutes. How much
remains of a 1 kg sample after 1 day?

(ii) Dubnium – 262 has a half life of 34 seconds. How long will
you wait to see 500 g of it decay to just 1 g?
 For a gas phase reaction 4A + 6B → 7C + 4D, to be conducted in
Q. 12 a reactor with the feed containing 30% A, 50% B and 20% P at a
rate of 100 mol/h. If the required conversion is 70% A, what will
be the % change in the volume of the reaction mixture?
 For the gaseous reaction 2A → B where the feed consists of
Q. 13 50 mol % ‘A’ and 50 mol % Inert, the expansion factor is
(A) 1 (B) – 0.5
(C) – 0.25 (D) 0
 An aqueous feed consisting of 40% ‘A’ and 60% ‘B’ undergoes the
Q. 14 following reaction 2A + 3B → Products,
𝒎𝒐𝒍
with −𝒓𝑨 = 𝟒𝑪𝑨 𝑪𝑩 .
Calculate the reaction time required
𝒍−𝒎𝒊𝒏
to obtain the 65% conversion of ‘A’. Data given CA0 = 12 mol/l and
CB0 = 18 mol/l.
 A reaction 3A +4B → 5C + 7D, to be conducting in a reactor with
Q. 15 the 100 mol/h of feed containing 40% A, 30% B, 20% D and rest
inert. If the required conversion is 60%, what will be the ratio of
final to initial volume of the mixture?
 A gaseous reaction, A →2B +C takes place isothermally in a
Q. 16 pressure reactor. Starting with a gaseous mixture containing
50 % A rest inert, the ratio of final to initial volume is found to
be 1.6. The % conversion of A is

(A) 30 (B) 50

(C) 60 (D) 74
 A gaseous reaction, A →2B +C takes place isothermally in a
Q. 17 pressure reactor. Starting with a gaseous mixture containing
50 % A rest inert, the ratio of final to initial volume is found to
be 1.6. The % conversion of A is ________.
Expt. No. CA (mol/L) CB2 (mol/L) Rate
(mol/L-s)
1 0.50 0.50 1.6 × 10 – 4
2 0.50 1.00 3.2× 10 – 4
3 1.00 0.50 3.2× 10 – 4
 For a certain reaction, A → B, the rate is first order in A at low
Q. 18 concentration of A, but zero order at high concentration of A.
The possible rate expression for such a case is

𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝟐𝑨 𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝟐𝑨
(A) −𝒓𝑨 = (B) −𝒓𝑨 =
𝟏+𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝑨 (𝟏+𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝑨 )𝟐

𝟐
𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝟐𝑨 𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝑨
(C) −𝒓𝑨 = (D) −𝒓𝑨 =
𝟏+𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝑨 𝟏+𝒌𝟏 𝑪𝑨
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