Chemical Kinetics

(1) Dinitrogen pentoxide gas undergoes following equation at 650C

2N2O5(g) → 4NO2(g) + O2(g)
The rate increasing NO2 i concentration is 8.4 x 10-6moldm-3s-1 at a moment.

(a) Find the rate of decrease of O2(g) concentration.

(b) Find rate of increase of N2O5(g) concentration.

(2) N2(g) + 3H2(g) → NH3(g)

In an instance the rate of consumption of H2(g) is 0.06 moldm-3s-1.

(a) Find the rate of consumption of N2(g).

(b) find the rate of formation of NH3(g).

(3) Write the rate expressions for the following reactions.

I. CH4(g) + 2O2(g) → CO2(g) + 2H2O(g)
II. N2(g) + 3H2(g) → 2NH3(g)
III. N2(g) + 3I2(g) → 2NI3(g)
IV. 2NO2(g) → N2O4(g)

(4) Consider the following reaction

4PH3(g) → P4(g) + 6H2(g)

The rate to formation of molecular hydrogen is 0.078 moldm-3s-1. Find the followings
I. The rate of production of P4.
II. The rate of consumption of PH3.
III. The rate of reaction with respect to PH3.
IV. The rate of reaction with respect to H2.
V. The rate of reaction.

(5) NH4NO2(aq) decomposes as follows in an aqueous solution.

NH4NO2(aq) → N2(g) + 2H2O(l)

The concentration of NH4+ ions was 0.50moldm-3 at the start of a reaction. After 3
hours, NH4+ concentration was 0.432moldm-3. Find the average decomposition rate of
NH4NO2.

(6) (CH3N=NCH3) decomposes as follows.

CH3N=NCH3(g) → C2H6(g) + N2(g)
The initial concentration of Azomethane was 1.50 × 10-2 moldm-3. The concentration
of it after 10 minutes is 1.29 × 10-3 moldm-3. Find the average decomposition rate of
Azomethane in moldm-3s-1.

(7) Iron (ІІІ) chloride reacts with Tin(ІІ) chloride as follows.

2FeCl3(aq) + SnCl2(aq) → 2FeCl2(aq) + SnCl4(aq)

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 The initial concentration of Fe2+ was 0.0358 moldm-3 while the concentration of Fe3+
after 4.0min had been decreased by 72% when compared to the initial concentration.
Find the followings
I. The average rate of consumption of FeCl3(aq)
II. The average rate of formation of SnCl2(aq)
III. The average rate of the reaction.
(8) Bromine reacts with methanoic acid as follows.
Br2(aq) + HCOOH(aq) → 2Br-(aq) + 2H+(aq) + CO2(g)
I. What is the volume of gases released at room temperature and pressure if 3.2g
of Br2 was reacted. (The molar volume of a gas at room temperature and
pressure is 24dm3)

II. Mention briefly suitable methods to determine the rate of reaction of this
reaction. (Br=80)

(9) NH4+(aq) + NO2-(aq) → N2(g) + 2H2O(l)

The rate expression for the above reaction can be written as follows.
R=k[NH4+(aq)][NO2-(aq)]
If the rate constant at 250C is 3.0 × 10-4 smoldm-3. Find R.

(10) Consider the reaction A → B

The rate of the reaction when the concentration of A is 0.35moldm-3, is 1.6 x 10-2
moldm-3s-1 .

I. When the order of reaction is one with respect to A

II. When the order of reaction is two with respect to A
Find the rate constants.

(11) Consider the following data related to the reaction X + Y → Z

The initial rate of 0.053 0.127 1.02 0.254 0.509

consumption of X /
moldm-3s-1
[X]/moldm-3 0.10 0.20 0.40 0.20 0.40
[Y]/moldm-3 0.50 0.30 0.60 0.60 0.30

a. Find the total order of the reaction.

b. Find the initial rate of consumption when X is 0.30moldm-3 and 0.40moldm-3

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(12) Consider the reaction A + B → C. The results obtained by examining this reaction is
shown below. [A0] and [B0] represent the initial concentrations of A and B.

[A0] /moldm-3 0.02 0.40 0.40

[B0] /moldm-3 0.10 0.10 0.20
Initial rate moldm-3s-1 0.20 0.80 0.80

Find followings

a. The rate expression for the reaction

b. The rate constant
c. The initial rate when [A0] = 0.60moldm-3 and [B0] = 0.30moldm-3

(13) A compound is formed by reacting A and B. When the concentration of A is doubled

by keeping the concentration of B as a constant, the initial rate of the reaction
doubles. If the concentration of B is increased by 2 times keeping the concentration of
A as a constant, the initial rate of the reaction is increased by 4 times. What can be
concluded about the order of reaction.

(14) A + B → Products

Consider the above reaction. Some data regarding the above reaction at a certain
temperature is shown below. Find the total order of the reaction and the rate constant.

[A]/moldm-3 [B]/moldm-3 Rate / moldm-3s-1

1.50 1.50 3.20 x 10-3
1.50 2.50 3.20 x 10-3
3.00 1.50 6.40 x 10-3

(15) If the concentration of a substance is increased by 2.25 times, the decomposition rate
is increased by 1.5 times, find the order of the reaction.

(16) Consider the reaction A(g) + 3B(g) → 2C(g). Some information taken at 250C in
vessel of 1dm3 regarding this reaction is shown below

Experiment A0/mol B0 /mol The initial rate of formation

of C/moldm-3s-1
01 0.10 0.10 0.25
02 0.20 0.20 2.0
03 0.10 0.20 2.0

I. Find the initial rate of consumption of a. A

b. B in the above reaction
II. Find the orders of reaction with respect to A and B, And write the rate reaction
III. Find the units of the rate constant

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 Explain how the rate of formation of C is changed in the following instances
regarding the first experiment.
a. When 0.5 moles of Ne gas is added.
b. When the volume of the vessel is increased to 2.0dm3.

(17) NO(g) and H2(g) react as follows at 1280 0C .

2NO(g) + 2H2(g) → N2(g) + 2H2O(g)
The results obtained by studying the above reaction is shown below

Experiment [NO(g)]/moldm-3 [H2]/moldm-3 wdrïThe initial rate/ moldm-3s-1

1 5.0 x 10-3 2.0 x 10-3 1.3 x 10-5
2 1.0 x 10-2 2.0 x 10-3 5.2 x 10-5
3 1.0 x 10-2 4.0 x 10-3 1.0 x 10-4

I. Find the orders of the reaction with respect to NO(g) and H2(g).
II. Write the rate expression for the above reaction.
III. Find the value of the rate constant.
IV. Find the rate of the reaction when NO(g) concentration is 1.2 x 10-2moldm-3
and H2 concentration is 6.0 x 10-3 moldm-3.

(18) NO2(g) + CO(g) → NO(g) + CO2(g)

Consider the above reaction. The order of reaction with respect to NO2(g) is 2, while
the order of reaction with respect to CO(g) is zero. The rate constant is 0.515
dm3mol-1s-1. Find the initial amount of heat released when 3.50dm3 of NO2(g) , with a
concentration of 0.0250 moldm-3 is reacted. The standard formation enthalpies of
NO2(g), CO(g), NO(g) and CO2(g) are +330 kJmol-1 , -111.0 kJmol-1 , +90.0 kJmol-1
and-394.0kJmol-1 respectively.

(19) If the rate expression for the reaction NO2(g) + CO(g) → NO(g) + CO2(g) is
R = k[NO2(g)] [CO(g)] , conclude how the followings effect to the above reaction.

a. When the pressure of NO2(g) is increased from 0.1 x 105 to 0.3 x 105
b. When the concentration of CO(g) is increased from 0.02moldm-3 to
0.06moldm-3.

(20) CO(g) + Cl2(g) → COCl2(g)

Consider the above reaction. The rate of formation of COCl2(g) at the temperature T
is 6.7 x 10-3 moldm-3s-1 . The rate expression for the above reaction is
R = k[Cl2(g)]3/2 [CO(g)]
I. Find the value of rate constant k.

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 II. If the concentrations of CO(g) and Cl2(g) become 0.02moldm-3 at the same
temperature, find the rate of formation of COCl2.
III. If this reaction is carried out with a suitable catalyst at the same
temperature what will happen to the value of the rate constant. Does it
increase or decrease.

(21) The rate reaction for the reaction NO2(g) + CO(g) → NO(g) + CO2(g) is
R = k[NO2(g)]2
How do the followings affect the rate of reaction.
I. When the pressure of NO2(g) increases from 0.50 x 105 Pa to 0.25 Pa.
II. When the concentration of CO(g) increases from 0.01moldm-3 to
0.03moldm-3.
III. When the temperature is increased.

(22) Consider the reaction R → S

When the initial concentration of R is 0.25moldm-3, initial rate of the reaction is
1.7 x 104 moldm-3s-1. Find the initial rate of the reaction.

I. If the order of reaction is zero.

II. If the order of reaction is 1.
III. If the order of reaction is 2.

(23) Consider the reaction2 L(g) + M(g) → L2M(g)

Write the relationship between the concentration of L and the rate of consumption of
L if the concentration of M is constant.

X → Y
The above reaction occurs at a constant temperature. The initial concentration of the
reactant is 0.403moldm-3. After sometimes the concentration of it was 0.285moldm-3.
In this instance the rate of consumption of x was ½ of the initial rate. When the rate of
consumption of reactant becomes ⅕ of the initial rate find the concentration of the
reactant.

(24) Consider the reaction 4A + B → C

The rate of formation of C can be expressed like this. R = k[A]X [B]Y

Two important facts revealed by the experiments carried out at a constant temperature
about this reaction is mentioned below.

a. When the ratio of concentration of A is 3:1 and the concentration of B is 1:4 in

two experiments, the ratio of the rate of the reactions is 1 : 3.95.
b. In another two experiments, when the ratio of the concentration of a is 3 : 1 and
the ratio of concentration of B is 1 : 4, the ratio of the rate of reactions is 1 :
0.59
Find the values of X and Y.

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(25) The rate of decomposition of gaseous hydrogen Iodide at 620K with the
concentration of 1moldm-3, is 6.04 x 10-5moldm-3s-1
a. Calculate the rate constant for the reaction at 620 K.
b. Find the number of HI molecules dissociated in 1 second at 620 K.

(26) 2H2(g) + 2NO(g) → 2H2O(g) + N2(g)

Some experiments were carried out to examine the nature of about reaction as shown
below.

The initial concentration

H2 j, The initial concentration of The initial rate of formation
-3
of NO /moldm H /moldm-3 of N2/moldm-3s-1
6.0 x 10-3 1 x 10-3 2.88 x 10-3
6.0 x 10-3 2 x 10-3 5.77 x 10-3
6.0 x 10-3 3 x 10-3 8.62 x 10-3
1.0 x 10-3 6 x 10-3 0.48 x 10-3
2.0 x 10-3 6 x 10-3 1.92 x 10-3
3.0 x 10-3 6 x 10-3 4.30 x 10-3

a. Find the order of the reaction with respect to NO and H2.

b. Write an expression for the rate of the reaction.
c. The rate of reaction of the first experiment is 6 times the rate of reaction
in the 4th experiment. Explain the reason.

(27) BrO3-(aq) + 5Br-(aq) + 6H+(aq) → 3Br2(g) + 3H2O(l)

Some experiment which were carried out to find how the reactants participate to
determine the rate of reaction of the above reaction are shown below.

Experiment [BrO3-] [Br-] [H+] The rate of the

reaction
1 x y z a
2 2x y z 2a
3 x 2y z 2a
4 x 2y 2z 8a

a. How do the BrO3- , Br- , H+ affect the rate of the reaction.

b. What is the total order of the reaction?
c. Find the value of the rate constant.

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(28) N2O5 which is dissolved in CHCl3 decomposes as follows.
2N2O5 → 2N2 + 5O2
This is a first order reaction and the rate constant is 6.2 x 10-4. When the concentration
of N2O5 is 0.40moldm-3, find the rate of reaction.

(29) (a) The results of some experiments which were carried out at the same temperature to
examine the nature of the reaction between P and Q are shown below.

Initial concentration Experiment 1 Experiment 2 Experiment 3

moldm-3
P 0.50 0.25 0.25

Q 0.36 0.36 0.72

Initial rate / 6 x 10-3 1.9 x 10-3 8 x 10-3

moldm-3 S-1

Find order of reaction with respect to P and Q.

(b) When considering the reaction between R and S, the order of reaction with
respect to R is 1. The order of reaction with respect to S is 2. The rate constant is
4.0 x 10-4 mol-2 dm5s-1 at the temperature T1.

i. Write the rate expression.

ii. When the initial concentration of R is 0.16 moldm-3 and the initial concentration
of S is 0.84 moldm-3, find the value of rate constant.

iii. At a temperature of T2 the initial concentration of R was 0.76 moldm-3 while the
initial concentration of S was 0.98moldm-3. The initial rate of reaction in these
conditions was 8.1 x 10-5 moldm-3 s-1. Find the rate constant at T2

iv. Derive which is large among T1 and T2.

(30) (a) What is meant by the activation energy, How does it relate to the activation
complex of a reaction?

(b) When the temperature is increased by 100C the rate of a reaction increased by 2
times.
At » 45 0C and »» 95 0C
How many times rate of reaction when compared to the rate of reaction at 25 0C.

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 (31) (a) Name the factors that affect to the rate of reaction.
What are the factors that affect the rate constant among the above factors? Explain
your answer.

(b) N2O4(g) 2NO2(g) ; ∆ H0 = +57 KJmol-1

Draw the potential energy graph for the above reaction. The activation energy for the
reverse reaction of the above reaction is EA = 23 KJmol-1.
Draw the graph using H0 and EA.

(i) What is the activation energy of the forward reaction?

(ii) Which reaction is more sensitive to the increase of temperature? (Either the
forward reaction for the reverse reaction)

(32) The rate expression for the hydrolysis of methyl propanoate at 250C is
R = [CH3CH2COOCH3] [H+]

a. Find the value of k using the following data

The Initial rate of the reactionThe Initial concentration of The initial

methyl propanoate. concentration
moldm-3 S-1 moldm-3
moldm-3
1.15 x 10-4 0.150 0.555

b. The volume of the mixture was doubled by adding water to the previous solution at
the previous temperature. Find the initial rate under these conditions.

c. The results obtained when the experiment is done again in another equation.

The initial rate of reaction/ moldm-3 S-1 4.56 x10-5

The rate of constant in this temperature. 8.94 x10-4
The initial concentration of methyl proponoate/moldm-3 0.123

Find the pH value of the reaction. Keep the answer in two decimal places.

(33) NO2(g) gas decomposes to NO(g) and O2(g) as follows.

2NO2(g) 2 NO(g) + O2(g)
The initial concentration of NO2(g) is 0.12 moldm-3. After 60s the NO2 concentration
became 30% of the initial value. Find followings.
i. Find the average rate of consumption of NO2(g).
ii. Find the average rate of consumption of O2(g).
iii. Find the average rate of the reaction.

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(34) AB3 decomposes as follows.
2AB3(aq) A2(aq) + 3B2(g)
The relationship between the time taken to release 1.0cm3 of the above gas mixture and
AB3(aq) concentration at 298K was examined. Some of the results are shown below.

Initial [AB3(aq)] / moldm-3 Time/s

0.050 60.0
0.080 23.44

Find the followings.

i. The order of the the reaction.
ii. If the initial [AB3(aq)] is 0.25 moldm-3, find the time taken to release1.0cm3 of the gas
mixture under above conditions.

(35) The data of an experiment to find the order of reaction of the reaction between Mg and
[Link] are shown below.

HCl(aq) / moldm-3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2

Time taken to produce 20cm3 of H2 /s 240 136 60 34 15

i. Draw a labelled diagram of the above experiment including the needed equipment.
ii. What is the order of reaction with respect to HCl(aq).
iii. Always magnesium strips with same length should be used for these experiments
.Explain the reason.

(36) Consider the reaction 2B(aq) + 3C(aq) D(s + E(aq) + F(aq)

The rate of reaction of the above reaction was checked using a small and a constant
amount of D(s). The results of an experiment carried out using the solution including B
and a solution including C are shown below.
B/cm3 C/cm3 t/s
15.0 25.0 18.0
20.0 25.0 10.0
25.0 8.0 7.6
25.0 2.0 30.2

R α [B]x [C]y
Find X and Y for the above reaction

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(37) Students examined the reaction between H2O2, KI and H+ . He measured the time taken
to become the solutions in the table into blue colour in order to find a relationship
between the rate of the reaction and the concentration of H2O2 .
1 moldm-3 Na2S2O3 1 moldm-3 H2O2 H2O Time
H2SO4 concentration Kl volume volume volume s
volume with starch / / cm3 / cm3 / cm3
/ cm3 cm3
10.0 10.0 25.0 1 4 45
10.0 10.0 25.0 2 3 -
3 2 15
10.0 10.0 25.0
4 1 11.5
10.0 10.0 25.0 5 - 9

i. Why are different volumes of reactants added in the above experiment?

ii. What are the reactants used before the solution turns into blue colour in every instance?
iii. A student mixed H2SO4 with the order of Na2S2O3 with starch, Kl, H2SO4 and water.
He didn't get the expected results.

a. What is the fault of the experiment

b. If that experiment was done in a correct manner what is the time taken to turn

the solution into blue.

iv. Find the relationship between R and C if the rate of reaction is and H2O2
concentration is.

(38) An experiment was carried out to determine how the rate of reaction depends on the
Fe3+ concentration regarding the reaction between KI and Fe3+ which occurs in an acidic
medium. 10.0cm3 of 0.010 moldm-3 Na2S2O3 solution, 5.0cm3 of o 0.010 moldm-3 Kl
solution and two drops of starch solution was taken to a boiling tube and 10cm3 of
0.100 moldm-3 Fe3+ was added to it and was mixed well. Temperature was kept as a
constatnt at 25 0C. The solution turned into blue in 80s.

i. Write the balanced equation for the reaction between Fe3+ and l- .
ii. The average rate of consumption of Fe3+.
iii. Find the average rate of reaction with respect to Fe3+.

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Past paper questions
1) 2A + B 2D
The above reaction is an elementary reaction. The rate of the reaction is equal to R given
concentrations of A and B. What is the rate of reaction if the concentrations of both A and
B are increased by two times?
(1) 2R (2) 4R (3) 8R (4) 4R2 (5) R2
(AL 2000-14)
2) N2O5(g) decomposes according to the equation
2N2O5(g) 4 NO2(g) + O2(g)
The reverse reaction can be neglected at 400K. The order of the above reaction with
respect to N2O5(g), was determined by place in a mixture of N2O5(g) and an internal gas
in an evacuated bulb of volume 8.314dm3, maintaining at 400K and measuring the
pressure of the gas mixture as a function of time.
Using the data given in the following table calculate
(i) (a) The amount of N2O5 reacted after 5 seconds in each of the experiments A and B
given below.

(b) The order of the reaction with respect to N2O5(g) assuming that the time taken
for the reaction to reach 400K is negligible. State any other functions you make.

t=5s Total pressure

Experiment Composition of gas at t=0 inside the bulb (Pa)
N2O5(g) / mol Inert gas / mol
A 0.125 0.125 1.012 x105
B 0.250 0.125 1.524 x105

(ii) Explain in molecular terms, the effect of increase in pressure of N2O5(g) at constant
temperature on the rate of the above reactions. (AL 2003)

3) A decomposes as follows.

A(g) B(g) + C(g)

(i) Write the rate of reaction for the above reaction.
(ii) The above reaction was started by inserting 1.0mol to a rigid vessel at 300K. The
initial pressure was 30kPa and that pressure was increased upto 32kPa in 10
seconds. When this experiment was carried out again at 400K using the same
amount of A used above, the pressure was increased from 40kPa to 45kPa in 10
seconds. The rate constants at 300K and 400K are k1 and k2 respectively.

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 I. Find the amount of A decomposed in 10 seconds at 300K.
II. Find the amount of A decomposed in 10 seconds at 400K.
III. Prove that k2 > k1 by explaining the reasons.
(AL2014-6a)

4) (a) Define the terms “initial rate” an “average rate” for a given chemical reaction.

(b) The reactants A, B and C react with each other in an aqueous medium to yield
products as shown below.
A+B+C M
The table below shows the results of experiments performed at 30 C to
investigate the Kinetics of this reaction.
Initial Initial concentration of Initial Initial rate of
Experiment concentration of A/ B moldm-3 concentration of formation of
moldm-3 C/ moldm-3 products/ moldm-3
1 0.10 0.10 0.10 8x10-4
2 0.20 0.10 0.10 1.6x10-3
3 0.20 0.20 0.10 3.2x10-3
4 0.10 0.10 0.20 3.2x10-3

(i) Write a mathematical expression to relate the rate of the above reaction with the
concentrations of A, B and C.
(ii) Calculate the order with respect to each reactant A,B and C.
(iii) Write an expression for the rate of the reaction using the orders obtained with respect
to A,B and C.
(iv) How does the rate of the reaction change from its initial value if the concentration of
C is tripled keeping the concentration of each species A and B unchanged.

(c) It has been assumed that the above reaction takes place in the following elementary steps
A+C X a fast equilibrium step, equilibrium constant is K1
X+C Y is fast equilibrium step, equilibrium constant is K2
Y+B Z a slow step
Z + nC + nB products a fast step
Indicate which of these steps will determine the rate of the reaction.
Write a rate expression for the reaction taking place in that step
Hence derive the rate expression for the reaction in step (b) (II) above in terms of [A],
[B] and [C].

Note - The order with respect to each reactant of any elementary reaction is the same as the
stoichiometric coefficient of that reaction.
(AL 2011)

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5) (a) Consider the reaction 2L(g) + M(g) L2M(g)
Write an expression for the relationship between the rate of consumption of L and the
concentration of L ,when the concentration of M is constant.

(b) X Y
The above reaction occurs at a constant temperature. The stoichiometry of this reaction
is not mentioned. The concentration of the reactant at the start of the reaction was
0.403 moldm-3. In an instance after the initial instance the concentration of the reactant
was 0.285 moldm-3. What is the concentration of the reactant win the rate of
consumption of reactant becomes ⅕ of the initial rate. (AL 1988)

6) 5Br-(aq) + BrO3- (aq) + 6H+(aq) 3Br2(aq) + 3H2O(I)

The rate of reaction of the above reaction can be expressed as

Rate α [ Br-(aq) ]x [ BrO3-(aq) ]y [H+(aq) ]z
where [ Br-(aq) ], [ BrO3-(aq) ], [H+(aq) ] are the concentrations of [ Br-(aq) ],
[ BrO3-(aq) ], [H+(aq)] ions respectively in the reaction mixture at the time the rate of the
reaction is measured.
Columns in the table below gives the amount of Br2(aq) formed per unit volume of the
reaction mixture per unit time (at a given temperature), when the concentrations of
[ Br-(aq) ], [ BrO3-(aq) ], [H+(aq) ] ions are as given in the columns 1,2 and 3.

1 2 3 4
[Br-(aq)/moldm-3 [BrO3 -(aq)] [H+(aq) ]/moldm-3 Br2(aq) formed
/moldm-3 /moldm-3
0.010 0.200 0.200 2.40x10-6
0.040 0.200 0.200 9.60x10-6
0.020 0.400 0.200 9.60x10-6
0.020 0.400 0.100 2.40x10-6

State the values of X Y and Z in the expression given above.

All necessary steps of the calculation must be given. (AL 2000)

7) (a) Consider the following reaction

H2O2(aq) + 2KI(aq) + 2HCl(aq) I2(aq) + 2H2O(I) + 2KCl(aq)
The rate of reaction R when compared to H2O2 can be expressed as follows
R = k[H2O2]n
Mention briefly an experimental method to find the value of n.
(b) The compound AX2Y decomposes in aqueous solution as follows.
AX2Y(aq) X2(g) + AY(aq)

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 The following data were obtained by studying the rate of this reaction at constant
temperature and pressure.
AX2Y(aq) concentration/ Time taken for the Liberation of
moldm-3 10cm3 of X2(g)
0.6 62.5
0.5 108.0

Calculate the time taken for the Liberation of 10cm3 of X2(g) under the same
temperature and pressure as employed above when the consideration is AX2Y(aq) is
0.4moldm-3.
(AL 1995-8a)

8) A student conducted three experiments to investigate the Kinetics of the following

reaction at a constant temperature.
2I-(aq) + S2O82-(aq) I2(aq) + 2SO42-(aq)
(i) In the first experiment,500cm3 of 0.160moldm-3 solution of I-(aq) and 500cm3 of
0.40moldm-3 solution of S2O82-(aq) were mixed to allow the above reaction to
proceed.

I. Calculate the rate of production of I2(aq).

II. Calculate the rate of consumption of I-(aq).
III. Calculate the rate of consumption of S2O82-(aq).

(ii) In the second experiment,500cm3 of 0.320moldm-3 solution of I-(aq) and 500cm3 of

0.40moldm-3 solution of S2O82-(aq) were mixed. The rate of the reaction was then
determined to be 112x10-5 moldm-3s-1.
Calculate the order of reaction with respect to I-(aq) using the information given in
above parts.

(iii) The order of the reaction with respect to S2O82-(aq) was determined to be 1 in the laws
experiment conducted by changing the concentration of S2O82-(aq).

I. Write the rate equation for this reaction.

II. Calculate the rate of reaction when the volumes of both solution in part 2 are
doubled by distilled water and the solution are then mixed.

(iv) (a) What is meant by the half life of a first order reaction?

(b) The half life of the above reaction when the concentration of I-(aq) is kept
constant, is independent of the initial concentration of S2O82-(aq). Explain this
statement with the help of a graphical representation
(AL 2012-10)

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9) The data of an experiment which was carried out to determine the rate of reaction with
respect to Fe3+(aq) of the reaction between Fe3+(aq) and KI(aq) are shown below.

Experiment water /cm3 0.100moldm-3 of 1moldm-3 0.0001moldm-3

Fe3+(aq) /cm3 KI/cm3 Na2S2O3 with
starch/cm3
1 - 25.00 5.00 5.00
2 5.00 20.00 5.00 5.00
3 10.00 15.00 5.00 5.00
4 15.00 10.00 5.00 5.00

Three groups named as A, B and C conducted all the experiments at room

temperature. The reagents were measured to two beakers before mixing. Second table
shows how the three groups measure three regions to two beakers. The stopwatch was
activated at the mixing point to determine the time taken to turn the solution into blue.
Table II
Group 1st beaker 2nd beaker
A KI Solution All the other solutions
B Na2S2O3 Solution All the other solutions
C Fe3+(aq) Solution All the other solutions

Answer the following questions

I) Why a same amount Na2S2O3 is used in these experiments.
II) What is the function of starch in this experiment?
III) One group followed the correct method. Write the word “correct” in the relevant
row and mention the particular group. Write two main reasons to explain why the
methods followed by the other two groups are incorrect. Write your answer in two
other rows.
A
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B
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C
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10) Consider the following reaction

mM + nN cC
m,n and c are stoichiometric coefficients of M, N and C.
I) Consider in the above reaction to be an elementary reaction write an expression for the
rate of reaction (The rate constant is k).
II) Two experiments were conducted to find the order of the reaction.

EXPERIMENT 1-
Initial rate was measured varying the concentration of M while keeping the concentration of
N constant.

EXPERIMENT 2-
Initial rate was measured varying the concentration of N while keeping the concentration of
M constant at 1.0moldm-3.

Both experiments were conducted at the same temperature. The results of the experiments
are shown in the below graphs.

(i) Write the order of the reaction with respect to M.

(ii) Write the order of reaction with respect to N.
(iii) Write the total order of the reaction.
(iv) Find the rate constant k (AL 2013)

(11) 2 NO(g)+ 2H2(g) N2(g) + 2H2O(g)

The order of reaction with respect to NO(g) is 2 and with respect to H2(g) is 1. When
1mol of NO(g) and 1mol of H2(g) was allowed to react, the rate of formation of N2(g) is
0.02mols-1. In these conditions,
(a) The rate of consumption of H2(g) is 0.02mols-1.
(b) The rate of consumption of NO(g) is 0.04mols-1.
(c) The rate of consumption of H2(g) is0.04mols-1.
(d) The rate of consumption of NO(g) is 0.02mols-1. (AL 2003 – 45)

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