CHEMICAL KINETICS

CASE-BASED/PASSAGE-BASED INTEGRATED QUESTIONS

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I. Read given passage and answer the questions that (e) What type of molecules undergo effective

follow: collisions?
Chemical kinetics deals with rate of chemical Ans. Those molecules which possess activation energy


reactions, how fast reactants get used up or how and collide in proper orientation undergo effective
fast products are formed in the reaction. Differed collisions.
chemical reactions have different speed. Rate of
reaction depends upon concentration of reactants, II. Observe the following graphs and answer the
temperature, pressure especially in gaseous reactions questions based on these graphs.
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and presence of catalyst. Chemical reaction takes
place as a results of collision between reacting [R]0
molecules. The rate of reaction does not depend upon
total number of collisions rather it depends upon
number of effective collisions. In a redox reaction,
Conc. [R]

if E°cell is +ve, DG° will be –ve and ‘K’ equilibrium

constant will be high i.e. products formed will be
more than the reactants.
(a) k (The rate constant), (Activation Energy) Ea

and ‘A’ (Arrhenius constant) are 3 × 10–4 s–1,
A
104.4 kJ mol–1 and 6.0 × 1014 S–1 respectively.
What is value of ‘k’ when T → ∞? Time, t
–Ea/RT I
Ans. Arrhenius constant k = Ae

–Ea/∞ 14 –1
⇒ k = Ae = Ae° = A = 6.0 × 10 s

(b) What is meant by activation energy?

Ans. The extra energy which must be supplied to
B

reactants in order to undergo effective collision
to form products. [R] 0
–Ea/RT
log
(c) What does e represent? [R]

Ans. It represents fraction of molecules possessing

activation energy (Ea) or more than Ea.
(d) If Fe3+ + 2I– → Fe2+ + I2 has E° = 0.24V, what

is the value of log K? What does value of ‘K’
indicate? Time, t
nE° 2 × 0.24V 0.48V II
Ans. log K = = = = 8.122
0.0591 0.0591 0.0591 (a) What is order of reaction shown in graph I?


The value indicates that products are formed 108, Ans. Zero order reaction.


times than reactants.

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 (b) What is slope in graph II? (a) What happens to rate of reaction with time?


k Ans. The rate of reaction first decreases with time then
Ans. where ‘k’ is rate constant.
2.303

becomes constant.
(c) How does t1/2 varies with initial concentration
(b) Why does CaCO3 powder react faster than

in zero order reaction.

marble chips?
Ans. t1/2 is directly proportional to initial concentration.
Ans. CaCO3 powder has more surface area than marble

(d) If t1/2 of first order reaction is 40 minute, what

chips therefore, more rate of reaction.

will be t99.9% for first order reaction?
(c) What happens to rate of reaction if concentrated
Ans. t99.9% = 10 t1/2 = 10 × 40 = 400 minutes

HCl is used?

(e) What is t1/2 of zero order reaction in terms of
Ans. The rate of reaction will increase because

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‘k’?

rate of reaction increases with the increase in
[R] 0
Ans. t1/2 = for zero order reaction. concentration.
2k

(d) In manufacture of NH3,

III. Observe the table given showing volume of CO2
N2(g) + 3H2(g) 2 NH3 + heat
obtained by reaction of CaCO3 and dilute HCl after
what is effect of pressure on rate of reaction?
every minute. Answer the questions that follow:

Ans. The rate of reaction increases with increase in
Table showing volume of CO2 at one minute interval

pressure.

Time/mmm
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by reaction of CaCO3 with dilute HCl.

Volume of CO2/cm3

(e) Why does rate of reaction becomes almost
double for energy 10° rise in temperature?
0 0
1 24 cm3 Ans. It is because number of molecules undergoing

2 34 cm3 effective collisions become almost double, hence
3 38 cm3 rate of reaction almost doubled.
4 40 cm3
5 40 cm3
6 40 cm3
A
B

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