Rate of Reaction

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Rate of Reaction: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Rate of a Chemical Reaction,Average Rate of a Reaction,Instantaneous Rate of a Reaction etc.

Important Questions on Rate of Reaction

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In a pseudo first order hydrolysis of ester in water, the following results are obtained:

t in seconds 0 30 60 90
Ester M 0.55 0.31 0.17 0.085

(i) The average rate of reaction between the time interval 30 to 60 seconds and

(ii) The pseudo first order rate constant for the hydrolysis of ester is?

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  A+2B 3C+2D.

The ratio of disappearance of B is   1× 10 2 mol/L/S.  The rate of reaction and  rate of change in concentration of A and C would be:

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The unit of rate of reaction is _____.

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The quantitative estimation of change in the rate of reaction with change in concentration does not always follow stoichiometric equation. Justify.

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The slope obtained by drawing a tangent at time t on the curve for the concentration of reactants vs time is equal to instantaneous rate.

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If the rate with respect to O2, NO and NO2 are, respectively -O2t, -12NOt, +12NO2t then the corresponding chemical equation is 2NO+O22NO2.

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What are the units for the rate of the reaction AB?

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For a reaction AB, CB is 0.01 mol/L in 20 s, what is the average rate of reaction?

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Define instantaneous reactions.

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If Kc for the formation of HI from H2 and I2 is 48, then Kc for decomposition of 1 mole of HI is _____.

A =0.144B =1.144C =0.014

Enter your correct answe as A, B or C.

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In the reaction 2NO(g)+2H2(g)N2(g)+2H2O, if initial concentration of hydrogen is kept constant and the concentration of NO is doubled, the rate of reaction increases by four times. This shows that rate is directly proportional to _____.

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The rate of _____ reactions cannot be determined experimentally.
 

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In the reaction A+BC, r=k[A], if [A] is increased by three times then the difference in the rate is _____ of the initial rate.

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KClO3 + 6FeSO4 + 3H2SO4  KCl + 3Fe2(SO4)3 + 3H2O

The above reaction was studied at 300 K by monitoring the concentration of FeSO4 in which initial concentration was 10 M and after half an hour became 8.8 M. The rate of production of Fe2(SO4)3 is _______ × l06 mol L1 s 1

(Nearest integer)

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The number of given statement/s which is/are correct is_____

(A) The stronger the temperature dependence of the rate constant, the higher is the activation energy.

(B) If a reaction has zero activation energy, its rate is independent of temperature.

(C) The stronger the temperature dependence of the rate constant, the smaller is the activation energy.

(D) If there is no correlation between the temperature and the rate constant then it means that the reaction has negative activation energy.

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If the following reaction A2B+C, rate constant is 0.0002 Ms-1. If we start with 2 M of A then Conc. of B after ten minutes is 

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At high temperatures, ethyl chloride produces HCl and ethylene by the following first order reaction:

CH3CH2Cl --> HCl + C2H4

In an experiment, when the initial concentration of ethyl chloride was 0.01 M, the rate of the reaction was found to be 1.6 × 10-8 m/s. What will be the rate of reaction if the initial concentration of ethyl chloride is 0.07 M?

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Kamlesh was conducting an experiment to figure out the rate equation of the following reaction:

2 NO + O2 --> 2 NO2

He measured the rate of this reaction as a function of initial concentrations of the reactants as follows:

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Which of the following could be a reason for the inconsistency in the initial rate of formation of NO2 data for experiment 4?

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In the reaction : A+2B3C+2D, the rate of disappearance of B is 2×10-2 mol L-1 s-1. Find the rate of appearance of C.

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In the reaction : A+2B3C+2D, the rate of disappearance of B is 2×10-2 mol L-1 s-1. Find the rate of reaction.