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1. Given the reaction,

eE dD bB aA + +

If we try rate = k[A]
m
[B]
n
for a generic rate law statement, which one of the statements
below is false?
A) The exponents m and n are equal to the coefficients a and b, respectively.
B) The exponents m and n are often integers.
C) The overall order of the reaction is m + n.
D) The symbol k represents the rate constant.
E) The exponent m and n must be determined experimentally.


2. A 20.0 mg sample of protein is dissolved in water to make 25.0 mL of solution. The
osmotic pressure of the solution is 0.56 torr at 25 C. What is the molar mass of the
protein?
A) 2.66 10
4
g/mol
B) 2.69 10
6
g/mol
C) 1.35 10
8
g/mol
D) 1.33 10
6
g/mol
E) 2.65 10
7
g/mol









3. Which would be expected to have the larger hydration energy, Al
3+
or Li
+
?
A) Al
3+
, because it has a larger charge.
B) Li
+
and Al
3+
should both have about the same hydration energy.
C) Al
3+
, because it has a larger atomic mass.
D) Li
+
, because it has a smaller atomic mass.
E) Li
+
, because it has a smaller charge.



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4. A beaker is filled with pure water. A tube with NaCl solution in it is dipped into the
water so that the liquid levels are equal. The end of the tube in the water is closed by an
osmotic membrane. When the fluids reach equilibrium,

A) the NaCl concentration in the beaker is greater than zero.
B) the level of the solution in the tube is lower than the level of the fluid in the beaker.
C) the NaCl concentration in the tube is zero.
D) the level of the solution in the tube is higher than the level of the fluid in the beaker.
E) the level of the solution in the tube is the same as the level of the fluid in the beaker.


5. Which statement is false concerning collision theory and reaction rates?
A) The rate of a reaction is directly proportional to the number of effective collisions
per second between reactants.
B) All collisions are effective.
C) Generally, reaction rates increase by a factor of 2 for each 10 degree increase in
temperature.
D) Usually, reactions having a low E
a
occur faster than ones having a high E
a
.
E) In most reactions, when reactants collide they must be in the proper orientation.


6. When molecules in the gas phase change from the gaseous state to the liquid state the
process is called
A) condensation
B) freezing
C) melting
D) deposition
E) evaporation



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7. A reaction has the rate law, rate = k[A][B]
2
. What is the overall order of the reaction?
A) 0
B) 3rd
C) 4th
D) 2nd
E) 1st


8. The value of H
solution
for the formation of an acetone-water solution is negative. The
explanation for this in terms of intermolecular forces of attraction is that
A) the attraction between water and acetone molecules is weaker than the attraction
between water or acetone molecules alone.
B) acetone and water are miscible.
C) acetone and water are immiscible.
D) the attraction between water and acetone molecules is the same as the attraction
between water or acetone molecules alone.
E) the attraction between water and acetone molecules is greater than the attraction
between water or acetone molecules alone.


9. The phase diagram of a certain substance is given below. This substance is ____ at 0 C
and 0.8 atm.
T (
o
C)
P (atm)
-50 10
70
1.0
0.5
0.0

A) supercritical fluid
B) gas
C) crystal
D) liquid
E) solid



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10. A solution of potassium nitrate is prepared by mixing 3.50 g of KNO
3
with 12.0 g of
water. The percent, by mass, of KNO
3
is
A) 23.3 %
B) 28.0 %
C) 41.8 %
D) 22.6 %
E) 29.2 %





11. The vant Hoff factor for K
2
SO
4
is 2.32. Estimate the boiling point of aqueous 2.00 m
K
2
SO
4
.
A) 91.4 C
B) 109 C
C) 102 C
D) 100. C
E) 97.6 C






12. Which portion of the graph corresponds to the addition of the heat of fusion?
T (
o
C)
Heat added (J)
C
A
D
B
E
F
solid
solid &
liquid
liquid
liquid
& gas
gas

A) CD
B) EF
C) DE
D) BC
E) AB



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13. Which of the following concentration measures will change in value as the temperature
of a solution changes?
A) molality
B) molarity
C) mole fraction
D) mass percent
E) all of these


14. The boiling point of water is _____ than expected because of _____.
A) higher, hydrogen bonds
B) lower, London forces
C) higher, ionization
D) lower, covalent bonding
E) lower, lone electron pairs


15. Which of the following solutes would dissolve in water (H
2
O)?
A) Octane (C
8
H
18
)
B) Benzene (C
6
H
6
)
C) Carbon tetrachloride (CCl
4
)
D) Carbon disulfide (CS
2
)
E) HF


16. In a particular study of the reaction described by the equation,
2 CH
4
O(g) + 3 O
2
(g) 2 CO
2
(g) + 4 H
2
O(g),
the rate of consumption of O
2
(g) is 0.400 mol L
-1
s
-1
. What is the rate of formation of
H
2
O(g)?
A) 0.400 mol L
-1
s
-1

B) 0.800 mol L
-1
s
-1

C) 0.300 mol L
-1
s
-1

D) 1.33 mol L
-1
s
-1

E) 0.533 mol L
-1
s
-1



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17. Cyclopropane (C
3
H
6
) undergoes a slow rearrangement to propylene:

C
C C
H H
H
H
H
H
H C
H
C C
H
H
H
H
cyclopropane propylene

If k = 1.3 10
6

M
1
s
1
at 400 C and k = 1.1 10
5

M
1
s
1
at 430 C, determine the
activation energy E
a
for this reaction.
A) 1.63 10
4

J/mol
B) 4.48 10
5

J/mol
C) 280 kJ/mol
D) 102 kJ/mol
E) 61.4 kJ/mol








18.
Consider the gas phase reaction, Br
2
+ 2NO 2NOBr . The following
mechanism is proposed:

2NO N
2
O
2
(fast)
N
2
O
2
+ Br
2
2 NOBr (slow)

The rate law for the mechanism would be
A) rate = k[NO][Br
2
]
2

B) rate = k[NO]
2
[Br
2
]
C) rate = k[O]
1/2

D) rate = k[Br
2
]
1/2

E) rate = k[NO]
2




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19. Which energy difference in the reaction profile corresponds to the activation energy for
the forward reaction?

A) z
B) w
C) w + x
D) y
E) x


20. The normal boiling point of acetic acid, HC
2
H
3
O
2
, is 117.9 C, and its molar enthalpy of
vaporization is 39,690 J mol
-1
. What is its vapor pressure, at 100.0 C?
A) 694.4 torr
B) 423.2 torr
C) 616.2 torr
D) 479.7 torr
E) 586.6 torr






21. An aqueous solution of ethanol, C
2
H
5
OH (MM = 46.07 g/mol), is 19.00% ethanol by
mass and has a density of 0.9700 g mL
-1
. Calculate the molarity of the ethanol solution.
A) 5.092 M
B) 14.48 M
C) 4.124 M
D) 4.252 M
E) 4.001 M



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22. The solubility of O
2
(MM = 32 g/mol) in water is 0.590 g/L at an oxygen pressure of
around 14.6 atm. What is the Henry's law constant for O
2
(in units of L-atm/mol)?
A) 2.69 10
1

B) 4.04 10
2

C) 1.26 10
3

D) 0.590
E) 7.92 10
2






23. Catalysts affect the activation energy and the rate for a chemical reaction. Compared to
an uncatalyzed reaction, the activation energy is ____________ and the rate of reaction
is ____________ for a catalyzed reaction. The blanks above refer to the terms
A) greater, faster
B) unchanged, unchanged
C) greater, slower
D) smaller, faster
E) smaller, slower



24. For the reaction, 2 CO + O
2
2 CO
2
, data obtained from measurement of the initial
rate of reaction at varying concentrations are given below.

Experiment [CO] [O
2
] Rate (mmol L
-1
s
-1
)
1 0.010 0.010 2.5
2 0.010 0.020 5.0
3 0.030 0.020 45.0

The rate law is therefore
A) rate = k[CO][O
2
]
B) rate = k[CO]
2
[O
2
]
C) rate = k[CO]
2
[O
2
]
2

D) rate = k[CO]
2
/[O
2
]
2

E) rate = k[CO][O
2
]
2




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25. Which of the aqueous solutions shown below will have the greatest freezing point
depression, T
f
?
A) 0.01m K
2
SO
4

B) 0.001m KCl
C) 0.01m CH
3
CH
2
OH (ethanol)
D) 0.001m MgSO
4

E) 0.01m NaCl




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26. What is the molal concentration of glucose, C
6
H
12
O
6
(MM = 180.16 g/mol), in a solution
made by dissolving 12.0 g of glucose in 1.00 kg of water? What is the mole fraction of
glucose in the solution? What is the mass percent of glucose in the solution?



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27. The following questions refer to the gas-phase decomposition of ethylene chloride:
C
2
H
5
Cl products
Experiment shows that the decomposition is first order.

The following data show kinetics information for this reaction:
Time (s) [C
2
H
5
Cl] (M)
1.0 0.1969
2.0 0.1764

(a) What is the rate constant, k, for this decomposition?
(b) What was the initial concentration of the ethylene chloride?
(c) What is the time to half-life, t

?


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28. At 23.0 C the vapor pressure of acetonitrile, CH
3
CN, is 81.0 torr while that of acetone,
C
3
H
6
O, is 184.5 torr. What is the vapor pressure of a solution which contains 0.450
moles of acetonitrile and 0.250 moles of acetone? (Assume the mixture behaves as an
ideal solution.)


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Useful constants

N
A
= 6.02214 10
23
mol
1
c = 2.9979 10
8
m/s h = 6.626 10
34
J s
1 L = 1000 cm
3
1 atm = 760 torr R
H
= 2.178 10
18
J
K
f
(H
2
O) = 1.86 C/m K
b
(H
2
O) = 0.51 C/m 1 in = 2.54 cm
1 eV = 1.60218 10
19
C e = 1.60218 10
19
C 1 u = 1.661 10
27
kg
T
K
= T
C
+ 273.15
F 32
C 5
F 9

+
|
|
.
|

\
|
=
C F
T T
R = 8.314J/(K mol)
R = 0.08206 L atm/(K mol)
Formulae
PV = nRT C = k
H
P
gas

solvent solute
P X P = A
|
|
.
|

\
|

A
=
|
|
.
|

\
|
1 2
vap
2
1
1 1
ln
T T R
H
P
P

2
2
1
1
P
C
P
C
= iMRT RT
V
n
i = = H

solvent solvent solution

P X P =

B B A A total
P X P X P + =
solute f f
iK T m = A
lyte nonelectro as calculated
measured
) (
) (
f
f
T
T
i
A
A
=

V
m
volume
mass
d = =
solute b b
iK T m = A
t
ation) (concentr
rate =
kt
A
A
t
=
] [
] [
ln

] [
1
] [
1
A
kt
A
t
+ =
2
1
2 ln
t
k =
Rate = k[A]
n
[B]
m

] [ ] [ A kt A
t
+ =

] ln[ ] ln[ A kt A
t
+ =
RT E
a
Ae k
/
= A
RT
E
k
a
ln ln +

=
|
|
.
|

\
|

=
|
|
.
|

\
|
1 2 1
2
1 1
ln
T T R
E
k
k
a