1.

The decomposition of sulfuryl chloride, SO2Cl2 to sulfur dioxide and chlorine gases is a first-order
reaction.

At a certain temperature ,the half-life of SO2Cl2 is 7.5 x 102 min. Consider a sealed flask with 122 g of
SO2Cl2
a) How long will it take to reduce the amount of SO2Cl2 in the sealed flask to 45 g?
b) If the decomposition is stopped after 29 h, what volume of Cl2 at 27 ᵒC and 1.00 atm is produced?
c) Calculate the rate constant of the decomposition reaction.
2. The chirping rate of a cricket, X, in chirps per minute, near room temperature is

where is t the temperature in °C.

a) Calculate the chirping rates at 25°C and 35°C.
b) Use your answers in (a) to estimate the activation energy for the chirping.
c) What is the percentage increase for a 10°C rise in temperature?
d) Calculate the half life of the reaction
3. Mustard gas, used in chemical warfare in World War I, has been found to be an effective agent in the
chemotherapy of Hodgkin’s disease. It can be produced according to the following reaction:

An evacuated 5.0-L flask at 20.0 ᵒC is filled with 0.258 mol SCl2 and 0.592 mol C2H4. After equilibrium
is established, 0.0349 mol mustard gas is present.
a) What is the partial pressure of each gas at equilibrium?
b) What is K at 20 ᵒC?

4. Solid ammonium carbamate, NH4CO2NH2, decomposes at 25 ᵒC to ammonia and carbon dioxide.

The equilibrium constant for the decomposition at 25 ᵒC is 2.3 x 10-4. At 25 ᵒC, 7.50 g of NH4CO2NH2
is sealed in a 10.0-L flask and allowed to decompose.
a) What is the total pressure in the flask when equilibrium is established?
b) What percentage of NH4CO2NH2 decomposed?
5. Consider pyridine, C5H5N, a pesticide and deer repellent. Its conjugate acid, C5H5NH+, has Ka = 6.7 x 10-6.
a) Write a balanced net ionic equation for the reaction that shows the basicity of aqueous solutions of pyridine.
b) Calculate Kb and pH for the reaction in (a).
c) Find the pH of a solution prepared by mixing 2.74 g of pyridine in enough water to make 685 mL of solution.

6. A sodium hydrogen carbonate -sodium carbonate buffer is to be prepared with a pH of 9.40.

a) What must the [HCO3-]/[CO32-] ratio be?
b) How many moles of sodium hydrogen carbonate must be added to a liter of 0.225 M Na 2CO3 to give this pH?
c) How many grams of sodium carbonate must be added to 475 mL of 0.336 M NaHCO 3 to give this pH? (Assume
no volume change.)