Chemical Reaction Engineering
1. Consider the following reaction:
Assignment 1
N2(g) + 3H2(g) 2NH3(g)
If the rate of the loss of hydrogen gas is 0.09 (mol)(L -1)(s-1), what is the rate of production of
ammonia?
2. Given the following experimental data, find the value and the units of the rate constant, k.
Trial
[Co2+ complex], M
Initial Rate,
M min-1
1.14 x 10-3
3.2 x 10-7
II
2.28 x 10-3
6.4 x 10-7
III
3.42 x 10-3
9.6 x 10-7
1.14 x 10-2
3.2 x 10-6
IV
3. The rate law of a given reaction is rate = k [reactant]2, with k = 2.64 x 10-4 M-1min-1. If the
initial concentration is 0.0250 M, what is the initial rate?
4. The reaction 2NO(g) +Cl2(g) 2NOCl(g), with rate law rate = k[NO]2[Cl2] is ____ order with
respect to NO,
order with respect to Cl2, and _____ order overall.
5. The rate of a particular reaction is quadrupled when the temperature was increased from
55 0C 60 0C. What is Ea for this process?
6. A common rule of thumb is that, near room temperature, the rate of a reaction will double
with each 10 0C rise in temperature. Estimate the activation energy needed for this rule to
hold true.
7. The mechanism of a reaction is shown below.
HOOH + I HOI + OH
(slow)
HOI + I I2 + OH
(fast)
2OH + 2H3O+ 4 H2O
(fast)
(i) What is the overall reaction?
(ii) Which compounds are intermediates?
(iii) Predict the rate law based on this mechanism.
(iv) What is the overall order of the reaction?
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Chemical Reaction Engineering
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8. The following data was collected for the reaction
OH- + CH3COOCH2CH3 CH3COO- + CH3CH2OH
Time,
min
[CH3COOCH2CH3]
[OH-]
0.02000
0.02000
0.01280
0.01280
12
0.00766
0.00766
25
0.00540
0.00540
35
0.00426
0.00426
55
0.00289
0.00289
120
0.00137
0.00137
Determine the overall order of reaction and write the rate law. What are the units on k? You
do not need to solve for k.
9. The decomposition of N2O(g) to nitrogen and oxygen has the rate law rate = k[N2O]2 where
k = 3.3 x 10-3 M-1 s-1 at 5650C. If the initial concentration of a sample of N2O is 0.63M, what is
the concentration after one hour at 5650C?
10. Which statement about a rate constant is correct?
(a) its units are always M min-1
(b) its value depends on the concentration of reactants
(c) its value at a particular temperature depends on the reaction involved
(d) its value is always negative
11. What percentage of a sample has reacted after six half lives?
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Chemical Reaction Engineering
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12. The half-life of a radioisotope is found to be 4.55 minutes. If the decay follows first order
kinetics, what percentage of isotope will remain after 2.00 hours?
13. In the first order decomposition of acetone at 500C,
CH3OCH3 product
14. It is found that the concentration of acetone is 0.0300 M after 200 min and 0.0200 M after
400 min. Calculate the rate constant, the half life, and the initial concentration.
15. Consider the following reaction N2H4 (l) + 2 H2O2 (l) N2 (g) + 4 H2O (l). In 55.0 sec, 0.165
mole of H2O2 is consumed. The rate of production of N2 is
(a) 1.5 x 10-3 mole in 55 s
(b) 0.33 mole per second
(c) 1.5 x 10-3 mole per second
(d) 0.006 mole per second
16. Consider the following reaction N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g) 2NH3 (g). The rate of formation of NH3
is 0.0153 g/s, the rate of consumption of N2 is
(a) 0.0765 g/s
(b) 0.0306 g/s
(c) 0.000449 mole/s
(d) 0.00180 mole/s
17. The following half life data are available for the irreversible liquid phase reaction A
products. The overall order of reaction is
(a) 0.5
(b) 1
(c) 1.5
(d) 2
18. The unit of frequency factor in Arhenious equation is
(a) same as that of rate constant.
(b) same as that of activation energy.
(c) dimensionless.
(d) none of these.
19. Rate constant 'k' and absolute temperature 'T' are related by collision theory (for
bimolecular) as
(a) k T1.5
(b) k exp(-E/RT)
(c) k T0.5
(d) k T
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