Solutions to Chemical Kinetics

1.

(i) ClO3- + 5 Cl- + 6 H+ 3 Cl2 + 3 H2O

(ii) ClO3- : 1
Cl- : 1
H+ : 2
-2
9
-3 -1
(iii) 2.08 10 dm mol s

2.

(i) rate = k [C]3 [E]2

3.

(i) NO : 2

[H2] : 1

4.

(a) (i) 2
(d) A

(ii) 1
(c) 0.333 dm6 mol-2 s-1
-1
(e) 44.4 kJ mol

5.

(i) rate = k [NO]2 [H2]

(iii) 319.2 kJ mol-1

6.

(iii) 1.35 109 years

7.

(i) 1
(iii) 0.0361 s-1

(ii) x = y = 19.2 s
(iv) 1.26 mmHg

8.

(i) 184.2 kJ mol-1

(ii) 1.77 10-2 dm3 mol-1 s-1

9.

(i) rate = k [H+] [CH3COCH3]

(ii) 3.65 10-5 mol-1 dm3 s-1

10. (b) (i) rate = k [CH3COCH3] [H+]

(c) 1.98 105 s
(d) +52.9 kJmol-1

(ii) 3.5 10-2 dm3 mol-1 s-1

11. (a) (i)

228
88 Ra

(ii) 300 dm12 mol-4 s-1

228
89 Ac

(ii) 0.0384 dm6 mol-2 s-1

(ii) dm6 mol-2 s-1

+ -10 e

(ii) 0.297 g

(b) (i) Withdraw a known volume of the reaction mixture and add to excess dilute H2SO4, titrate H2O2 against standard
MnO4(ii) Plot ln [H2O2] against t to obtain a straight line
for 1st order reaction, slope = -k
12. (i) Plot n (PN 2O5 ) against t ; a straight line graph
-3

first order

-1

(ii) 1.99 10 min

13. (ii) 1.997 10-2 mol-1 dm3 s-1

(iii) 65.7 kJ

14. (i) rate = k [I(g)]2 [Ar(g)]

(ii) 8.7 109 dm6 mol-2 s-1

Other Past Paper Questions

Methods to monitor reaction progress:
98-II 3(a)(iii), 99-I 7(a), 02-I 7(b), 03-II 3(a)(i), 04-II 3(a)(i), 05-II 4(a)(i), 06-II 3(a)(i)
Deducing rate law: 99-II 3(a), 02-I 2(b), 05-II 4(a)
Verifying order: 02-II 3(a), 03-II 3(a), 04-II 3(a)(ii), 06-II 3(a)
Arrhenius equation & Activation energy: 98-II 3(a), 00-II 3(b), 04-II 3(a)(iii)
Deducing mechanism & Energy profile: 01-II 3(a), 03-I 2(b), 04-I 3(a), 05-I 2(a)(iii)
Catalysis: 99-I 3(b), 00-I 9(essay)