Chapter 14: Problem 62
Certain gas-phase reactions on a heterogeneous catalyst are first order at low gas pressures and zero order at high pressures. Can you suggest a reason for this?
Chapter 14: Problem 62
Certain gas-phase reactions on a heterogeneous catalyst are first order at low gas pressures and zero order at high pressures. Can you suggest a reason for this?
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Get started for freeA first-order reaction, \(\mathrm{A} \longrightarrow\) products, has a halflife of \(75 \mathrm{s},\) from which we can draw two conclusions. Which of the following are those two (a) the reaction goes to completion in 150 s; (b) the quantity of \(A\) remaining after 150 s is half of what remains after 75 s; (c) the same quantity of A is consumed for every 75 s of the reaction; (d) one- quarter of the original quantity of A is consumed in the first 37.5 s of the reaction; (e) twice as much A is consumed in 75 s when the initial amount of \(\mathrm{A}\) is doubled; (f) the amount of \(\mathrm{A}\) consumed in 150 s is twice as much as is consumed in 75 s.
The rate of a chemical reaction generally increases rapidly, even for small increases in temperature, because of a rapid increase in (a) collision frequency; (b) fraction of reactant molecules with very high kinetic energies; (c) activation energy; (d) average kinetic energy of the reactant molecules.
A simplified rate law for the reaction \(2 \mathrm{O}_{3}(\mathrm{g}) \longrightarrow\) \(3 \mathrm{O}_{2}(\mathrm{g})\) is $$\text { rate }=k=\frac{\left[\mathrm{O}_{3}\right]^{2}}{\left[\mathrm{O}_{2}\right]}$$ For this reaction, propose a two-step mechanism that consists of a fast, reversible first step, followed by a slow second step.
In the reaction \(A(g) \longrightarrow 2 B(g)+C(g),\) the total pressure increases while the partial pressure of \(\mathrm{A}(\mathrm{g})\) decreases. If the initial pressure of \(\mathrm{A}(\mathrm{g})\) in a vessel of constant volume is \(1.000 \times 10^{3} \mathrm{mmHg}\) (a) What will be the total pressure when the reaction has gone to completion? (b) What will be the total gas pressure when the partial pressure of \(\mathrm{A}(\mathrm{g})\) has fallen to \(8.00 \times 10^{2} \mathrm{mmHg} ?\)
In three different experiments, the following results were obtained for the reaction \(A \longrightarrow\) products: \([\mathrm{A}]_{0}=1.00 \mathrm{M}, t_{1 / 2}=50 \mathrm{min} ;[\mathrm{A}]_{0}=200 \mathrm{M}, t_{1 / 2}=\) \(25 \min ;[\mathrm{A}]_{0}=0.50 \mathrm{M}, t_{1 / 2}=100 \mathrm{min} .\) Write the rate equation for this reaction, and indicate the value of \(k.\)
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