1 UNIT NOV/DEC-2009 1.

If 5 kg of methanol and 2 kg of ammonia are reacted to form monomethyl amine by the reaction, CH3OH + NH3 CH3NH2 + H2O. a. Which is the limiting reactant? b. What is the % excess of other reactants? c. Find the degree of completion. 2. The gas from a sulfur burner, has the following composition by volume SO3 = 0.8%,SO2=7.8%,O2=12.2%, N2= 79.2% a) Calculate the volume of gas at 600 Fahrenheit and 29.2 in Hg formed per pound of sulfur burnt. b) Calculate the % excess oxygen NOV/DEC-2008

1. An aqueous solution of sulfuric acid has 36.8 mol% of H2SO4. The density of the
a) b) c) d) solution at 200C is 1.681 gm/cc. express the concentration of the solution in the following terms. % of H2SO4 by weight. G-moles of H2SO4 per 100 gm of wets. Grams of H2SO4 per 100 cc of solution at 20 OC. Normality.

2. A natural gas has the following composition by volume CH4= 94.1%,

C2H6=3%,N2=2.9% the gas is piped from the well at a temperature of 80oF and an absolute pressure of 50 PSI. it may be assumed that the ideal gas law is applicable, calculate: a. Pure component volume of nitrogen per 100 h3 of gas. b. Density of mixture in pounds per cubit feet at the existing conditions. APRIL/MAY 2007 1. A gas mixture has the following composition by volume, ethylene=30.1%, oxygen= 1.5%, benzene=25.0%,methane=15.0%, Ethane=25.0%, calculate i. The average molecular weight of the gas mixture. ii. The composition by weight and iii. The density of the mixture in kg/m3 at NTP. 2. A plant makes CO2 by treating dolomite limestone with commercial H2SO4. The dolomite analyzes 68% CaCO3, 30% MgCo3 and 2&SiO2. The acid is 94% H2SO4 & 6%H2O (all are weight basis) calculate. a. Pounds CO2 produced/ton of dolomite treated. b. Pounds of commercial acid required per ton of dolomite treated. NOV/DEC 2007 1. A common method used in manufacturing sodium hypochlorite bleach is by the reaction. Cl2+2NaOH-- NaCl+NaOH+H2O. Chlorine gas is bubbled through an aqueous solution of NoaH, after which the desired product is separated from the NaCl. A water-NaOH solution that contains 1145 kg of pure NaOH is reacted with 851 kg of gaseous chlorine. The NaOCl formed weights 618kg.

a. What is the limiting reactant? b. What was the percent excess of the excess reactant used? c. What was the degree of completion of the reaction expressed as the moles of NaOCl formed to the moles of NaOCl that would have formed if the reaction had gone to completion? d. What is the yield of NaOCl per amount of chlorine used( on weight basis)? 2. By electrolyzing a mixed brine a mixture of gases is obtained at the cathode having the following composition by weight Cl2=67%, Br2=28%,O2=5%,using the ideal gas law, calculate a. Composition of the gas by volume. b. Density of mixture in grams per liters at 25oC and 740mm Hg pressure. c. Specific gravity of the mixture. APR/MAY 2006 1. A. the conductance of the fluid-flow system is defined as the volumetric flow rate referred to pressure of one torr. For an orifice the conductance c can be computed from c=89.2 AT/M ft3/sec, where A= area of opening in ft3, T= temperature in OR, M= molecular weight, convert the empirical equation into SI units. B. A gas mixture has the following composition by volume, ethylene=30.1%, oxygen= 1.5%, nitrogen=3.0%, benzene=25.0%,methane=15.0%, Ethane=25.4%, calculate 1. The average molecular weight of the gas mixture. 2. The composition by weight and 3. The density of the mixture in kg/m3 at NTP. 2.a. Explain the term selectivity and yield. b. In a process for the manufacture of chlorine by direct oxidation of HCl with air over a catalyst to form C12 and H20 only. The exit product is composed of HCl=4.4%, C12=19.8%, H20=19.0%, O2=4% and N2=52%. What was i. ii. iii. The limiting reactant. The percent excess reactant. The degree of the completion of the reaction.