Exercise 1

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Questions from Exercise 1 with Hints & Solutions

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Thermal decomposition of N2O5 occurs as per the equation below: 

2 N2O54NO2+O2.

The correct statement is:

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For a 1st  order chemical reaction:

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For an elementary reaction of reversible nature, net rate is: dxdt=k1A2B1-k2C, hence, given reaction is:

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The rate constant of a chemical reaction at a very high temperature will approach:

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It takes 1 h for a first-order reaction to go to 50% completion. The total time required for the same reaction to reach 87.5% completion will be:

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Consider the following reversible first-order reaction of X at an initial concentration X0. The values of the rate constants are kf=2s-1 and kb=1s-1.

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A plot of concentration of X and Y as function of time is:

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A reaction has an activation energy of 209 kJ mol-1. The rate increases 10-fold when the temperature is increased from 27°C to X°C. The temperature X is closest to:

[Gas constant, R=8.314 J mol-1 K-1]

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For an elementary reaction, the net rate is dxdt=kA2-k'CB2. Thus, select the correct statement: