INSTITUTE OF AVIONICS AND AERONAUTICS

AIR UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD.

DEPARATMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Course code: CH-101 Course Name: Applied Chemistry

Practice Problems III

Question # 1: Using the bond enthalpy table below, compute the enthalpy change involved when one
mole of butadiene is burned, represented by the following reaction:
H2C=HC-HC=CH2 + (11/2) O2 → 4 CO2(g) + 3 H2O

Question # 2: Consider the formation of MgO (s). Assume that ΔH ° and ΔS ° are independent of
r r
temperature.
Mg (s) + 1/2 O (g) → MgO (s) ΔH ° = -602 kJ/mol
2 r
-1 -1
ΔS ° = -108 JK mol .
r

a) Calculate ΔG ° for the formation of MgO (s) at 0 °C (273 K). Is the reaction spontaneous
r
or non-spontaneous at 0 °C?
b) Is there a temperature at which the formation of MgO switches from spontaneous to non-
spontaneous or vice versa? If no, explain briefly why not. If yes, calculate the switchover
temperature (T*) at which the spontaneity of the reaction switches. (Hint: T = T* when
ΔG = 0 (equilibrium reaction)

Question # 3: Consider the molecule NF3(g) with a ΔG°f = -90.6 kJ/mol and ΔH°f = -132.1 kJ/mol.
Calculate ΔG° and ΔH° for the following reaction at 298 K.

N2(g) + 3F2(g) ↔ 2NF3(g)

Is the disorder or entropy of this reaction increasing or decreasing or staying the same? Explain very
briefly.
Question # 4:The enthalpy change of the following reaction at standard conditions and 298.15 K is –
114.38 kJ. The free energy change of the following reaction at standard conditions and 298.15 K is –
75.92 kJ.
4HCl(g) + O2(g) → 2Cl2(g) + 2H2O(g) Some additional information regarding the
reaction is given below

CH-101 Practice Problems

Dr. Mehr Nigar
 INSTITUTE OF AVIONICS AND AERONAUTICS
AIR UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD.

ΔHof at (298.15K) for H2O (l) = -285.83 kJ/mol and for H2O (g) = -241.82 kJ/mol
Calculate the enthalpy change if the H2O product were in the liquid phase, H2O(l).

Question # 5:
Consider the following reaction. Cl2(g) → 2Cl(g)
a) Is ΔH°f at 298.15 K for this reaction positive, negative or zero? Justify your answer.
b) Is ΔS° at 298.15 K for this reaction positive, negative or zero? Justify your answer.
c) Is ΔG° for this reaction less than zero at all temperatures? Justify your answer.

Note: Please go through the presentation on Air Pollution.

GOOD LUCK!

CH-101 Practice Problems

Dr. Mehr Nigar