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Time required to decompose SO2Cl2 to half of its initial amount is 40 minutes. If the decomposition is a first order reaction, what will be the rate constant of the reaction?

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Important Questions on Chemical Kinetics

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The half-life period of a first-order reaction is 15 minutes. The amount of substance left after one hour will be
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The rate constant for a first order reaction is 7.0×10-4 s-1. If initial concentration of the reactant is 0.080 M, what is the half-life of the reaction?
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A first-order reaction has a specific reaction rate 10-2sec-1. How much time will it take for 20 g the reactant to reduce to 5 g?
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If the rate constant for a first order reaction is k, the time (t) required for the completion of 99% of the reaction is given by
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The rate of a first-order reaction is 0.04 mol l-1s-1 at 10 second and 0.03 mol l-1s-1 at 20 seconds after initiation of the reaction. The half-life period of the reaction is:
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During the nuclear explosion, one of the products is 90Sr with half life of 6.93 years. If 1μg of 90Sr was absorbed in the bones of a newly born baby in place of Ca, how much time, in years, is required to reduce it by 90% if it is not lost metabolically ____________.
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Which among the following reactions can be an example of pseudo first order reaction?
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If 75% of a first order reaction was completed in 90 minutes, 60% of the same reaction would be completed in approximately (in minutes) _____
(Take: log2=0.30 ;log2.5=0.40)
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For a first order reaction A(g)  2B(g) + C(g) at constant volume and 300 K, the total pressure at the beginning (t = 0) and at time are  p0 and pt, respectively. Initially, only A is present with concentration  A0, and  t13  is the time required for the partial pressure of A to reach 1/3rd of its initial value. The correct option(s) is (are)
(Assume that all these gases behave as ideal gases)
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The reaction 2N2O5g4NO2g+O2(g) follows first order kinetics. The pressure of a vessel containing only N2O5 was found to increase from 50 mm Hg to 87.5 mm Hg in 30 min. The pressure exerted by the gases after 60 min. Will be (Assume temperature remains constant) :
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The decomposition reaction 2N2O5g  2N2O4g+O2g is started in a closed cylinder under the isothermal isochoric condition at an initial pressure of 1 atm. After Y10×103 s , the pressure inside the cylinder is found to be 1.45 atm . If the rate constant of the reaction is 5×10-4s-1, assuming ideal gas behaviour, the value of Y is(nearest integer)

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The half-life of the first-order reaction, CH3CHO (g)CH4 (g)+CO (g), if the initial pressure of CH3CHO (g) is 80mm Hg and the total pressure at the end of 20 minutes is 120mm Hg, is:
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The plot of  t1/2 v/s [R]0  for a reaction is a straight-line parallel to x-axis. The unit for the rate constant of this reaction is
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The rate constant for the first order reaction is 60 s-1. How much time will it take to reduce the concentration of the reactant to 116 th value?
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The rate constant of a first order reaction is 231×10-5 s-1. How long will 4 g of this reactant reduce to 2 g?
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The rate constant for a first order reaction is 4.606×103 s1. The time required to reduce 2.0 g of the reactant to 0.2 g is :
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A flask contains a mixture of compounds A and B. Both compounds decompose by first-order kinetics. The half-lives for A and B are 300 s and 180 s, respectively. If the concentrations of A and B are equal initially, the time required for the concentration of A to be four times that of B (in s) is : (Use ln 2=0.693)
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When initial concentration of a reactant is doubled in a reaction, its half-life period is not affected. The order of the reaction is:
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N2O5 decomposes to NO2 and O2 follows the first order kinetics. After 50 minutes, the pressure inside the vessel increases from 50 mm Hg to 87.5 mm Hg. The pressure of the gaseous mixture after 100 minutes at constant temperature will be:
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The half-life period of a first-order chemical reaction is 6.93 minutes. The time required for the completion of 99% of the chemical reaction will be log2=0.301