REACTION KINETICS WS 1

1 Hydrogen gas reacts with nitrogen monoxide gas to form steam and nitrogen. Doubling the concentration of hydrogen doubles the rate of reaction. Tripling the concentration of NO gas increases the rate by a factor of nine. a) b) Write the balanced equation for the reaction. Write the rate equation for the reaction.

The initial rate method was used to study the reaction; BrO3-(aq) + 5Br-(aq) + 6H+(aq) 3Br2(aq) + 3H2O(l) The initial rate was calculated from four graphs plotted to show how the concentration of BrO3-(aq) varied with time for dierent initial concentrations of reactants. Exp 1 2 3 4 a) b) Initial concentration of BrO3-/mol dm-3 0.10 0.20 0.10 0.20 Initial concentration of Br-/mol dm-3 0.10 0.10 0.30 0.10 Initial concentration of H+/mol dm-3 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.20 Initial rate of reaction/ mol dm-3 s-1 1.2 x 10-3 2.4 x 10-3 3.6 x 10-3 9.6 x 10-3

What is rate equation for the reaction? What is the value of the rate constant?

3 Hydrogen reacts with iodine at 450C to give hydrogen iodide. The results from several experiments designed to nd rate equation for the reaction are given in table below. Initial [I2]/mol dm-3 0.001 0.003 0.001 a) b) Initial [H2]/mol dm-3 0.001 0.001 0.004 Relative Initial rate 1 3 4

Find the order of reaction with respect to each of the reactants. Write the rate equation for the reaction

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The reaction between nitrogen monoxide and oxygen was investigated using the initial rate method. The stoichiometric equation is 2NO(g) + O2(g) 2NO2(g) The results obtained at a particular temperature are given in table below: Experiment 1 2 3 a) b) c) d) [NO(g)]/mol dm-3 1.00 x 10-3 1.00 x 10-3 1.00 x 10-3 [O2(g)]/mol dm-3 3.00 x 10-3 6.00 x 10-3 3.00 x 10-3 Initial rate of production of NO2(g)/mol dm-3 s-1 4.00 x 10-4 8.00 x 10-4 1.60 x 10-3

Deduce the orders of the reaction with respect to NO(g) and O2(g). Write the expression for the rate equation. Determine the overall order of the reaction. Workout the value of rate constant, showing its units.

This data refers to the reaction of the halogenoalkane 1-bromobutane (here represented as RBr) with hydroxide ions. Experiment 1 2 3 a) b) [RBr]/mol dm-3 0.020 0.010 0.010 [OH-]/mol dm-3 0.020 0.020 0.005 Rate of reaction /mol dm-3 s-1 1.36 0.68 0.17

Deduce the rate equation for the reaction. Calculate the value of rate constant.

This data refers to the reaction of the halogenoalkane 2-bromo-2-methylpropane (here represented as RBr) with hydroxide ions. Experiment 1 2 3 a) b) [RBr]/mol dm-3 0.020 0.010 0.010 [OH-]/mol dm-3 0.020 0.020 0.005 Rate of reaction /mol dm-3 s-1 40.40 20.19 20.20

Deduce the rate equation for the reaction. Calculate the value of the rate constant.

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