Assignment-2 - Chemical Equilibrium
Assignment-2 - Chemical Equilibrium
1. The value of ΔG0 for the phosphorylation of glucose in glycolysis is 13.8 kJ/mol. Find the value of Kc at
298 K.
2. pH of 0.08mol dm–3 HOCl solution is 2.85. Calculate its ionisation constant.
3. Calculate the pH of a solution formed by mixing equal volumes of two solutions A and B of a strong acid
having pH = 6 and pH = 4 respectively.
4. pH of a solution of a strong acid is 5.0. What will be the pH of the solution obtained after diluting the
given solution 100 times?
5. A magician took yellow coloured solution in one test tube and added a colourless solution into it and
announced the fun of getting the red colour. Then he added red coloured solution into it and announced
the fun of colour becoming lighter. What chemicals must he have used and explained how all this might
have happened?
6. Write the reversible reaction taking place between ferric ions and thiocyanate ions and write the
colour of each reactant and product.
7. Dihydrogen gas is obtained from natural gas by partial oxidation with steam as per following
endothermic reaction: - CH4 (g) + H2O (g) ⇆ CO (g) 3H2 (g) Write an expression for Kp for the above
reaction. How will the value of Kp and composition of the equilibrium mixture be affected by
(i) increasing the pressure
(ii) increasing the temperature
(iii) Using a catalyst?
8. Calculate the pH of the following solution:
(a) 2g of TIOH dissolved in water to give 2 litres of the solution
(b) 0.3g of Ca (OH)2 dissolved in water to give 500mL of the solution
(c) 0.3g 0f NaOH dissolved in water to give 200mL of the solution
9. If 0.561g KOH is dissolved in water to give 200mL of the solution at 298K, calculate the concentration
of potassium, hydrogen and hydroxyl ions. What is its pH?
10. What is the minimum volume of water required to dissolve 1g of Calcium sulphate at 298K?
For calcium sulphate, Ksp = 9.1 x 10-6
11. 3.00 mol of PCl5 kept in 1L closed reaction vessel was allowed to attain equilibrium at 380K. Calculate
composition of the mixture at equilibrium. Kc= 1.80
12. Calculate the solubility of A2X3 in pure water, assuming that neither kind of ion reacts with water. The
solubility product of A2X3, Ksp = 1.1 x 10–23.
13. The value of Kc for the reaction 3O2 (g) →2O3 (g) is 2.0 x 10–50 at 25°C. If the equilibrium concentration
of O2 in the air at 25°C is 1.6 x 10–2 , what is the concentration of O3?
14. The solubility product constant of Ag2CrO4 and AgBr are 1.1 x 10–12 and 5.0 x 10–13 respectively.
Calculate the ratio of the molarities of their saturated solutions.
15. How can you predict the following stages of a reaction by comparing the value of Kc and Qc?
(i) Net reaction proceeds in the forward direction.
(ii) Net reaction proceeds in the backward direction.
(iii) No net reaction occurs.
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