Chemical Reaction Engineering Assignment -1 CH 2018

1) The decomposition of NO2 follows a second order rate equation. Data at different temperatures
are as follows:

T (K) 592 603 627 651.5 656

k (cm3/gmol.sec) 522 755 1700 4020 5030

Compute the energy of activation Energy from the data. The reaction is 2NO2 2NO + O2

2) The thermal decomposition of nitrous oxide (N2O) in the gas phase at 1030oK is studied in a
constant volume vessel at various initial pressures of N2O. The half-life data so obtained are as
follows: 2N2O 2N2 + O2,

po (mm Hg) 52.5 139 290 360

t1/2 (sec) 860 470 255 212

Determine the rate equation that fits the data.

3) The rate law of a given reaction rate, r = k [reactant]2, with k = 2.64 10 4 M 1 min 1. If the initial
concentration is 0.025 M, what is the initial rate?

4) The rate of a particular reaction is quadrupled when the temperature was increases from 55 0C
60 0C. What is the activation energy for this process?

5) 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 of thumb to hold
true.

6) The mechanism of a reaction is shown below:

HOOH I
HOI OH ( slow )

HOI I
I2 OH ( fast )

2OH 2H3O
4H 2O ( fast )

(a) What is the overall reaction?

(b) Which compounds are intermediate?
(c) Predict the rate law based on this mechanism?
(d) What is the overall order of the reacyion?

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7) 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.

8) What percentage of a sample has reacted after six half lives?

9) 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?

10) In the first order decomposition of acetone at 500C,

CH3OCH3 product
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.

11) 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

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12) A reaction with stoichiometric equation A B R S has the following rate
2 2

expression
rA 2 C A0.5C B

What is the rate expression for this reaction if the stoichiometric equation is written as
A 2B 2R S ?

13) Consider a reaction A B, calculate the conversion after the reaction time of 2 min. The reaction
mol mol
rate equation is given as rA 8 C A1.5 , with C A0 16 .
l min l
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14) For a gas reaction at 400 K the rate is reported as

dpA atm
3.66 pA2 ,
dt hr

(a) What are the units of the rate constant?

(b) What is the value of the rate constant for this reaction if the rate equation is expressed
1 dN A mol
as rA kC A2 , 3
V dt m s

15) Write a note on the concentration dependency on the zeroth order reaction. How order of
reaction varies with the changes in concentration.

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