
A certain organic compound A decomposes by two parallel first order mechanism
If and
Calculate the concentration ratio of to , if experiment is started with only and allowed to run for one hour.


Important Questions on Chemical Kinetics




The catalytic decomposition of formic acid may take place in two ways :
(a)
(b)
The rate constant and activation energy for reaction (a) are at and kcal . respectively and for reaction (b) are at and respectively. Find the temperature which will give a product made up of equimolar quantities of water vapour, carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

For the following first order gaseous reaction
The initial pressure in a container of capacity litres is . Pressure at time is and after infinite time it becomes atmosphere. Find the rate constant and for the appropriate reactions.


