Chemical Kinetics Worksheet

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Imp Q Chemical Kinetics

1. Time required to decompose SO2Cl2 to half of its initial amount is 80 minutes. If the decomposition is a first order
reaction, calculate the rate constant of the reaction.

2. A first order reaction has a rate constant 2 x 10-3 per sec. How long will 5g of this reactant take to reduce to 3 g?
(log 3 = 0.4771; log 5 = 0.6990).

3. A first order reaction takes 90 minutes for 50% completion. Calculate the time required for 30% completion of this
reaction?

4. After 24 hours, only 0. 125 g out of the initial quantity of 1 g of a radioactive isotope remains behind. What is its
half-life period ?(log 0.125 = -0.903)

5. Half-life period of a radioactive element is 300 seconds. How much time will it take to lose its activity by 90% ?

6. One fourth of a reaction is completed in 40 minutes. What is the half life period of the reaction .

7. If the half-life period of a first order reaction in A is 2 minutes, how long will it take [A] to reach 25% of its initial
concentration?

8. The decomposition of NH3 on platinum surface is zero order reaction. What are the rates of production of N 2 and H2
if k = 2.5 × 10–4 mol–1 L s–1?

9. For a first order reaction, show that time required for 99% completion is twice the time required for completion of
90% reaction.

10. For the first order thermal decomposition reaction, the following data were obtained:
C2H5Cl(g) → C2H4(g) + HCl(g)
Time/sec Total pressure/atm
0 0.30
300 0.50
Calculate the rate constant (Given: log 2 = 0.301, log 3 = 0.4771, log 4 = 0.6021) .

11. The rate constant for the first order decomposition of H2O2 is given by the following equation:

Calculate Ea for this reaction and rate constant k if its half-life period be 200 minutes.
(Given: R = 8.314 J K-1 mol-1).

12. The rate constant of a reaction at 500 K and 700 K are 0.02 s-1 and 0.07 s-1 respectively. Calculate the value of
activation energy, Ea (R = 8.314 J K-1 mol-1).

13. The rate constant for a reaction of zero order in A is 0.0030 mol L-1 s-1. How long will it take for the initial
concentration of A to fall from 0.10 M to 0.075 M?

14. A reaction is of second order with respect to a reactant. How will the rate of reaction be affected if the
concentration of this reactant is (i) doubled, (ii) reduced to half?

15. If the rate constant of a reaction is k = 3 × 10-4 s-1, then identify the order of the reaction.

16. For a reaction R → P, half-life (t1/2) is observed to be independent of the initial concentration of reactants. What is
the order of reaction?

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