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CHEMICAL KINETICS
Q.1. A first order gas reaction has k = 1.5 × 10–6 per second at 200°C. If the reaction is allowed to
run for 10 hours. What is the half–life of this reaction?

Q.2. For the reaction 2NO  Cl2  2NOCl, it is found that doubling the concentration of both
reactants increases the rate by a factor of 8, but doubling the Cl2 concentration alone, only
doubles the rate. What is the order of the reaction with respect to NO and Cl2?

Q.3. Show that in the case of a first order reaction, the time required for 99.9% of the reaction to
take place is almost about ten times that required for half the reaction.

Q.4. The rate of a first-order reaction is 0.04 mole litre–1 s–1 at 10 minutes and 0.03 mol litre–1 s–1 at
20 minutes after initiation. Find the half life of the reaction.

Q.5. The energy of activation for a reaction is100 KJ mole-1. Presence of a catalyst lowers the energy
of activation by 75%. What will be effect on rate of reaction at 20C other things remaining
same?

Q.6. Show that: t99.9% = 3t90% for a first order reactions.

Q.7. The rate of most reactions double when their temperature is raised from 298 K to 308 K.
Calculate their activation energy?

Q.8. The rate constant for an isomerisation reaction, A  B is 4.510-3 min-1. If the initial
concentration of A is 1 M, calculate the rate of the reaction after 1hr
[Antilog (0.1172) = 1.3099, antilog (-0.1172) = 0.7634].

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Sec 2B
k1 2
 , Calculate the ratio of
B after 1 hour the reactions and also
Q.9.  10
k1 = 4 k2 3 C
A
k2 calculate over all rate constant if both parallel reactions follow first
3C order kinetics.

Q.10. The t1/2 of reaction becomes 1/4th as the initial concentration of the reactant is doubled. What
is the order of reaction?

Q.11. The half of U238 decomposed to Pb206 in 4.5 × 108 year. What will be the age of rock that
contains equal weight of both?

Q.12. In an ore containing uranium the ratio of U238 to Pb206 nuclei in 3. Calculate the age of ore,
assuming that all the lead present in the ore is the final stable product of U238.
t1/2 for U238 = 4.5 × 109 year

Q.13. A first order reaction takes 69.3 minutes for 50% completion. How much time will be needed for
80% completion?

Q.14. Thermal decomposition of a compound is of first order. If 50% sample of the compound is
decomposed in 120 minute, how long will it take for 90% of the compound to decompose?

Q.15. Calculate the mass of 140La in a sample whose activity is 3.7 × 1010 Bq (1 Becquerel, Bq = 1
disintegration per second) given that its t1/2 is 40 hour.

Q.16. The energy of activation and specific rate constant for a first order reaction at 25oC are
100 kJ/mol and 3.46 × 10–5 sec–1 respectively. Determine the temperature at which half life of
reaction is 2 hour.
2N2 O5  2N2 O4  O2
(in CCl4 ) (in CCl4 )

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Q.17. The half life of 38Sr90 is 20 year. If the sample of this nucleide has an activity of 8,000
disintegrations min–1 today, what will be its activity after 80 year?

Q.18. For the decomposition reaction: N2O4(g)   2NO2(g) ; the initial pressure of N2O4 falls from
0.46 atm to 0.28 atm in 30 minute. What is the rate of appearance of NO2 ?

Q.19. Two first order reactions having same reactant concentration proceed at 25oC at the same rate.
The temperature coefficient of the rate of the first reaction is 2 and that of second reaction is 3.
Find the ratio of the rates of second reaction to first at 75oC.

Q.20. 10 g sugar in 100 mL water rotates the plane of polarized light by +13.10o and after complete
hydrolysis it shows rotation –3.75o. What is % hydrolysis of sugar in a solution having a
rotation by an angle of 5o?

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ANSWERS
1. 0.462 × 106 sec.

2. 2, 1

3. 10 times

4. 24.08 min

5. 2.35  1013 times

7. 52.88 kJmol1

8. [3.4354  10-3 mol litre1 minute1]

9. [4/9, 104 second1]

10. [n =3]

11. 4.98 × 108 year

12. 1.8684 × 109 year

13. 160.97 minute

14. 398.78 min.

15. 1.79 × 10–6 g

16. 305.7 K

17. 500 dpm

18. 1.2 × 10–2 atm min–1

19. 7.5937

20. 48.07%

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