General Chemistry I Fall 2010 Practice questions for Exam #3 NOTE: Some questions on this practice exam may

not be related to material on your exam, depending on how far we get in class before the exam. Format for questions 1-7: 3 points each. Circle your answer to each question. No partial credit given but this section will only count for 20 points of the exam so if you answer all correctly you can get 21/20. 1. What would happen to the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a gas sample if the temperature of the sample increased from 20.C to 40.C? a. it would double b. it would become half its value c. it would increase, but not double d. it would decrease, but not by half of its value e. it would stay the same since kinetic energy does not depend on temperature

2. Which of the following gases would effuse at a faster rate than CO? a. CO2 b. Xe c. NF3 d. CH4 e. HCl 3. The van der Waals equation incorporates corrections to the ideal gas law in order to account for the properties of real gases. One of these corrections accounts for: a. The small volumes of the gas molecules themselves b. The possibility of chemical reactions between the molecules c. Differences in R between different real gases d. The possibility of the gas becoming a liquid as the pressure is increased e. Decreased velocity of the particles after collisions 4. Given a gas for which q = -83 kJ and w = +94 kJ at constant pressure, which of the following is not true? a) the internal energy of the system is increasing b) this is an exothermic process c) the surroundings are doing work on the system d) E = +11 kJ e) heat is being transferred to the system 5. Consider the reaction C3H8 (g) + 5O2 (g) 3CO2 (g) + 4H2O (l) What energy change occurs when 1 mol of CO2 is formed? a. 2221 kJ are absorbed by the reaction b. 2221 kJ are released by the reaction c. 740 kJ are absorbed by the reaction d. 740 kJ are released by the reaction e. 6663 kJ are absorbed by the reaction H = -2221 kJ

6. Which of the following has the highest frequency? a. visible light b. ultraviolet light c. infrared d. radiowaves e. x-rays 7. Which of the following combinations of quantum numbers is allowed? a) b) c) d) e) n 1 3 2 0 4 l 0 1 2 3 2 m(l ) 0 0 -1 -2 -3 m(s) 1 -1/2 +1/2 +1/2 -1/2

Format for questions 8-14: Be sure to state your answer with the correct number of significant digits and include units. You will be given a periodic table and a set of equations/constants. Chemical equations given may or may not be balanced. Partial credit will be given so attempt all questions. For each question, use the back of the sheet if additional space is needed. 8. (15 points) At what temperature would a Nitrogen dioxide molecule have a root mean square velocity of 425 m/s?

9. (15 points) a. What is the difference between effusion and diffusion?

b. The rate of effusion of a particular gas was measured and found to be 31.0 mL/min. Under the same conditions, the rate of effusion of pure methane (CH 4) gas is 47.8 mL/min. What is the molar mass of the unknown gas?

10. (15 points) Consider a mixture of air and gasoline vapor in a cylinder with a piston. The original volume is 40. cm3. If the combustion of this mixture releases 850. J of energy, to what volume will the gases expand against a constant pressure of 700. torr if all the energy of combustion is converted into work to push back the piston?

11. (15 points) A 25.0 g piece of aluminum (which has a specific heat capacity of 0.8907 J/gC) is heated to 85.0C and dropped into a calorimeter containing water (specific heat capacity of 4.184 J/gC) with an initial temperature of 22.3C. The final temperature of the water is 24.9C. Calculate the mass of water in the calorimeter.

12. (10 points) At 25C the following heats of reaction are known: H (kJ/mol) 2ClF + O2 Cl2O + F2O 2ClF3 + 2O2 Cl2O + 3F2O 2F2 + O2 2F2O 167.4 341.4 -43.4

Calculate H for the following reaction at this same temperature: ClF + F2 ClF3

13. (15 points) C2H4 combusts according to the following unbalanced reaction: C2H4 (g) + O2 (g) CO2 (g) + H2O (l) H = -1411.1 kJ

Calculate Hf for C2H4 (g), given the following enthalpies of formation: CO2 (g) O2 (g) Hf = -393.5 kJ/mol Hf = 0 kJ/mol H2O (l)Hf = -285.8 kJ/mol

14. (15 points) What are the frequency and energy of a photon of light with a wavelength of 450 nm?