TUTORIAL QUESTIONS (CHM 112)

(1) Find the [Acid] to [Base] concentration ratio of a solution with pH of 9.55 [pKb = 4.75]
(2) Estimate the equilibrium constant at 25 ℃ for the voltaic cell reaction:
4Fe2+ + O2 + 4H+ → 4Fe3+ + 2H2O; Fe3+/ Fe2+ = 0.77 v and O2/4H+/2H2O = 1.23 v
(3) At what Celsius temperature will NH3 gas operates if its average velocity is 661 ms-1?
(4) State the pH of mixture X containing 0.6 solubility moldm-3 XNH3 and 0.3 solubility
moldm-3 XNH4 Cl [pKb for XNH3 = 4.75]
(5) Find the mass (in g) of NH3 produced if V = 7.85 L, T = -15 ℃ and P = 5.93 atm [R =
0.0821 L atm K-1 mol-1].
(6) Assuming equal volume of CH4 and C2H6 were confined in an empty container obeying
Dalton’s law of partial pressure at 25 ℃. What is the total partial pressure of C2H6?
(7) What volume does 3.5 moles of oxygen gas take up at 313 K and 96.0 kPa?
(8) The change in enthalpy of vaporization of SiCl4 is 647.53 kJmol-1 at 54 ℃, and the
normal boiling point is 56.80 ℃. What is Pvap for SiCl4 in torr?
(9) 300 L of H2 effused through a tiny spot in 50 secs. How far will 500 L of O2 gas effuse
through the same spot?
(10) Find the new volume if 290 mL of a gas at 17 ℃ is cooled to -13 ℃ assuming the
pressure remain constant.
(11) Calculate the root mean square velocity of hydrogen gas (H2) molecule that was trapped
in a box at 20 ℃ with a distance covered of 2l.
(12) A certain gas is kept at 15 ℃ in a 10.0 L flask with a pressure of 1.95 atm. What is the
pressure in the flask if the temperature is increased to 25 ℃?
(13) Calculate the pressure exerted by 1.00 mole of CH4, in a 500 mL vessel at 25 ℃
assuming that ‘a’ value for CH4 is 2.25 L2 atm mol2 and ‘b’ value is 0.0428 L mol-1.
(14) At a given temperature and pressure, 46.20 g sample of O2 gas occupies a volume of
100 L. Find the volume occupies by 15.00 g of O2 under the same condition [O = 16].
(15) The same 4.0 g of O2 and He gases are placed in a 5 L vessel at 65 ℃, find the total
partial pressure (in atm) exerted by the gas mixture in the vessel [O = 16 and He = 4].
(16) Calculate the atomic radius (in nm) of vanadium that crystallizes with a body-centered
cubic unit cell. The volume of the unit cell is 0.0278 nm3.
(17) Lead atom whose radius is 0.181 nm with face-centered cubic unit cell. What is the
length of a side of the cell?
(18) Nickel with a face-centered cubic unit cell and length of 352.4 pm. Find its density (in
gcm-3) [Ni = 58.70 gmol-1].
(19) Given that r2 and r1 of a reaction at a room temperature are 0.55 and 7.3*103 molL-1s-1
respectively. Find the Kc of this reaction.
(20) Calculate the Kp value of the reaction below whose Kc = 4.5*10-3 at 577 ℃ for H2O
H2O(g) + CH4(g) ↔ CO(g) + 3H2(g) Kc = 4.5*10-3
(21) If Kb for an unknown compound is 6.5*10-5. Calculate the Ka ionic value of this
compound.
(22) Calculate the pH of 0.001 M Ba(OH)2.
(23) Identify the Ka value for HOCl whose pH of 0.20 M was 4.23.
(24) Piperidine (C5H11N) is an amine found in black pepper. If its Kb value is 1.75*10-10.
Find its possible Ka value.

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 (25) How many moles, n, of electrons will be transferred in a reaction cell medium whose
equilibrium constant, K, is 5.25*10-08 with standard cell potential of -0.09 v at a
controlled room temperature of 24.50 ℃?
(26) State the pH of 1.50 M HNO2 (Nitrous acid) which has the Ka value of 4.5*10-4
(27) Calculate the Ksp for Ca3(PO4)2 when the [Ca2+] = 2.01*10-8 M and [PO43-] = 1.6*10-5
M at ambient temperature
(28) 100 g/mol of a compound R2Y has Ksp of 4.0*10-5. Find the solubility in g/L of R2Y
(29) Write the rate law equation of a reaction of the type Q → P + R which has a rate constant,
k = 3.6*10-5 Ms-1 if the reaction is zero order.
(30) At 25 ℃, the half-life of a certain first order reaction is 248 s. What is the rate constant
at room temperature?
(31) At 100 ℃, a certain substance undergoes second order decomposition reaction with a
half-life of 25 min. If the initial concentration of the substance is 0.036 M, what is the
value of the rate constant?
(32) What is the molarity after a reaction time of 15 hours with rate of 5.3*10-07 s-1 and the
ignition concentration of 0.005 M?
(33) A 1.0 M solution of K2SO4 in universal solvent has a freezing point of -4.3 ℃. What is
the van’t Hoff factor for K2SO4 [Kf = 1.86 (℃.kg)/mol for water].
(34) The van’t Hoff factor for KCl is 1.85. What is the elevated temperature of a 0.75 m
solution of KCl in water? [Kb = 0.51 (℃.kg)/mol for water].
(35) Naphthalene has the boiling point of 218 ℃ and ΔHvap = 43.3 kJ/mol. What is the ΔSvap
for naphthalene?
(36) The chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant trichlofluoromethane, CCl3F, has Pvap=100 mmHg
at -23 ℃ and ΔHvap =24.77 kJ/mol. What is the normal boiling point (in ℃) of CCl3F?
[R = 8.314 J/(K.mol)].
(37) Acetone with ΔHvap =29.10 kJ/mol and normal boiling point of 56.20 ℃. At what
temperature (in Kelvin) does acetone have Pvap=105 mmHg?
(38) What is the melting point of benzene, C6H6, in kelvin when its change in enthalpy of
fusion and change in its entropy of fusion are 9.95 kJ/mol and 35.7 J/k.mol respectively?
(39) The value of ΔHo for the reaction below is +128.10 kJ: CH3OH(l) → CO(g) + 2H2(g). How
many kJ of heat are consumed when 5.10 g of CO(g) is formed during the reaction?
(40) Carbon monoxide, CO, is a poisonous gas. It can be obtained by burning carbon in a
limited amount of oxygen. Given the following additional chemical data, compute its
change in enthalpy for reaction, ΔH: C(s) + ½O2(g) → CO(g) ΔH =?
C(s) + O2(g) → CO2(g) ΔH = -393.5 kJ (1)
2CO(g) + O2(g) → 2CO2(g) ΔH = -566.0 kJ (2)
(41) Calculate an approximate value for change in enthalpy of a reaction in kJ for the
synthesis of hydrazine from ammonia: 2NH3 + Cl2 → N2H4 + 2HCl. Given the following
chemical data, N=N: 941 kJ; N−H: 389 kJ; Cl−Cl: 243 kJ and H−Cl: 431kJ
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(42) Find the enthalpy of the equation: C2H2(g) + 2 O2(g) → 2CO2(g) + H2O(l) given the bond
energies in kJmol-1 as; C−C: 347 kJmol-1; H−C: 414 kJmol-1; C=O:803 kJmol-1; C=C:
611 kJmol-1; C≡C: 837 kJmol-1 and O=O: 498 kJmol-1.

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 ANSWERS
(1) ½
(2) 1.21*1031
(3) 25 ℃
(4) 9.55
(5) 37.40 g
(6) 0.5 atm
(7) 94.90 L
(8) 100 torr
(9) 333 s
(10) 260 mL
(11) 1912 ms-1
(12) 2.02 atm
(13) 44.50 atm
(14) 32.47 L
(15) 6.24 atm
(16) 0.131 nm
(17) 0.512 nm
(18) 8.91 gcm-3
(19) 1.33*104
(20) 2.25*105
(21) 1.54*10-10
(22) 11.30
(23) 1.74*10-8
(24) 5.71*10-5
(25) 5.00 moles
(26) 1.52
(27) 2.25*10-31
(28) 2.2 gL-1
(29) r = k
(30) 2.79*10-3 s-1
(31) 1.11 M-1min-1
(32) 4.86*10-3 M
(33) 2.31
(34) 100.71 ℃
(35) 88.20 J/(Kmol)
(36) 28.20 ℃
(37) 277.54 K
(38) 278.71 K
(39) 163.30 kJ
(40) -110.50 kJ
(41) -782 kJ
(42) -1.23*103 kJmol-1