PRE-SPAIN

CHEMISTRY 4 (SNP20304)
TUTORIAL 1- HOW FAST? RATES
1. For the reaction: 4NH3(g) + 3O2(g)

2N2(g) + 6H2O(g) the rate of

decrease of NH3 is 0.82 mol dm-3 s-1. What is the rate of decrease of O2 and
the rate of formation of N2 and H2O?
2. In the reaction X

2Y, the concentration of X at t = 28.0 s and t = 117.5

s is 2.15 mol dm-3 and 1.08 mol dm-3 respectively. What is the average rate of
the reaction during this time interval?
3. In the reaction W

products, the concentration of W at 10.0 min after the

reaction has started is 1.00 mol dm-3. If the rate of dissociation of W at this
point is 8.6 x 10-3 mol dm-3 min-1 and assuming that the rate remains constant,
what is the concentration of W at 25.0 min after the reaction has started?
4. In the reaction 2NH3 (g)

N2(g) + 3H2(g), the initial pressure of NH3(g) in

the vessel of the constant volume V dm3 is 36.0 kPa.

a) What will be the total pressure when the reaction has gone to
completion?
b) What is the average rate of decomposition of NH 3 if the time taken for
the reaction to complete is 30.0 min?
5. Several hypothetical reactions are given below. For each reaction, what is the
order with respect to each of the reactants and what is the overall reaction
order?
What is the unit of the rate constant, k for each of the reaction if the unit for
the rate of reaction is mol dm-3 s-1?
a) P + Q
b) 3P + Q

PQ

P3Q

Rate = k[Q]

Rate = k[P][Q]

6. For the reaction 2X2(g) + C2(g)

be

2CX2(g), the rate equation was found to

Rate = k[X2][C2]2
At temperature T, the rate of reaction is r. how does the reaction rate change
if
a) Only the partial pressure of X2 is doubled?
b) The partial pressure of X2 is halved and C2 is doubled?

7. The rate equation for the reaction A2(g) + X2(g)

2AX(g) is

Rate = k [A2] [X2]

If the rate of reaction is x at 300K, what is the rate of reaction when the
volume of the vessel is halved?

8. The initial rate of the reaction, 3P + Y

P3Y is measured for a series of

different initial concentrations of P and Y. The data obtained is as follows.

Initial concentration (mol
dm-3)
P
Y
0.15
0.75
0.15
2.25
0.60
0.75

Experiment
1
2
3

Initial rate (mol dm-3

min-1)
4.7 x 10-3
4.2 x 10-2
1.9 x 10-2

Determine the rate law for this reaction.

9. Hydrogen peroxide reacts with acidified iodide ions, liberating iodine. In
investigations of this reaction, the following results were obtained when the
experiments were carried out at T C.
H2O2 + 2H+ + 2I-

I2 + 2H2O

Initial concentration (mol

dm-3)
H2O2
H+
I0.20
0.20
0.20
0.60
0.20
0.20
0.60
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.40
0.40

Experiment
1
2
3
4

Initial rate (mol dm-3 s1

)
0.008
0.024
0.048
0.048

a) What is the rate equation for the reaction above?

b) What is the rate of reaction when the concentrations of H 2O2, H+ and Iare 0.55 mol
dm-3, 0.30 mol dm-3 and 0.25 mol dm-3 respectively?
10.At 400

C, an organic compound A decomposes to form other organic

compounds. The initial rate data are given in the following table.
Experiment

Initial [A]
(mol dm-3)

1
2

1.8 x 10-2
3.0 x 10-2

a) Calculate the rate constant.

Initial rate of
decomposition of A
(mol dm-3 s-1)
9.0 x 10-4
1.5 x 10-3

b) Calculate the rate of decomposition of A when the concentration of A is

6.8 x 10-3 mol dm-3
11.The decomposition of a compound A in its products is a zero order reaction.
The rate constant at 380K is 0.083 mol dm-3 min-1 and the initial
concentration of A is 3.50 mol dm-3.
a) Calculate the concentration of A after 10 minutes.
b) How long will it take for the concentration of A to drop to 1.00 mol dm 3
?

12.At 180 C, the decomposition of a gaseous compound XO 2 is a first order

reaction with the half-life 38.6 min. The initial pressure of XO 2 is 372.5 kPa.
a) What is the rate of decomposition of XO 2 after 1 hour?
b) What is the partial pressure of XO2 after 3 hours?
13.The gas phase decomposition of nitrogen dioxide is a second order reaction.
2NO2(g)

2NO(g) + O2(g)

If the rate constant, k at T K is 0.033 mol-1 dm3 min-1 and the initial
concentration of NO2 is 8.00 mol dm-3,
a) What is the concentration after the reaction time of 30 mins?
b) What is the time when the concentration of A is 0.08 mol dm -3?
14. The rate constants at different temperatures for the decomposition of an
organic compound X are as shown.
Temperature
320
385
(K)
k (s-1)
5.70 x 10-6
2.15 x 10-3
a) Calculate the activation energy for the reaction.
b) Determine the rate constant at 500 K.
15.The first order reaction X2

products, has a half-life of 880 min at 260 K

and 63.6 min at 520 K. Calculate the activation energy of this reaction.