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Class Test 1 (Topic: How Fast- Rate?)
Time: 35minutes
Marks: 25
Name:..................................................................................
Grade 12....................
(01) Consider the following reaction involving 10. g of powdered zinc with excess dilute
hydrochloric acid.
Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq)
Trail
1
2
3
Temperature
(oC)
40
20
40
ZnCl2(aq) + H2 (g)
Concentration of
HCl
3.0
3.0
6.0
2 H2O + 2 Br2
Step 01:
HBr + O2
Step 02:
HBr + HOOBr
Step 03:
2 HBr + 2 HOBr
HOOBr
2 HOBr
2 H2O + 2 Br2
Which of the following could be used to measure the rate of this reaction?
A. change in acidity.
B. change in volume.
C. change in pressure.
D. change in total mass.
(06) Consider the following reaction mechanism
Step 1
Step2
Step3
Cl2
CHCl3 + Cl
CCl3 + Cl
2Cl
HCl + CCl3
CCl4
(08) Magnesium metal reacts rapidly with hydrochloric acid in an open beaker to produce
aqueous magnesium chloride and hydrogen gas. Which of the following could be used to
measure the rate of this reaction?
A. the volume of the solution.
B. the colour of gas produced.
C. the concentration of the chloride ion.
D. the mass of the beaker and its contents.
(09) Which combination of factors will affect the rate of the following reaction?
Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq)
ZnCl2(aq) + H2 (g)
AB2(g)
Experiment
Initial concentration
3
of A/mol dm
Initial concentration
3
of B/mol dm
1
2
3
0.050
0.050
0.100
0.100
0.200
0.100
Initial rate/mol dm
3 1
1.00 x 104
3.92 x 104
1.95 x 104
a (i) Calculate, showing your working, the orders of reaction with respect to A and to B.
(3 marks)
ii Write the rate equation for the reaction.
(1 mark)
iii Calculate the rate constant k for the reaction using the results from experiment 3. State its
units.
( 2 marks)
b. Explain, in terms of collision theory, why the rate of reaction increases with an increase in
temperature.
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(2 marks)
(12) a. The table below shows the results from an experiment where a solution of 2-bromo2-methylbutane is reacted with varying concentrations of hydroxide ions.
A few drops of an acid-alkali indicator are added to the mixture and the time for the indicator
to change to the acidic colour is measured.
[C5H11Br] /102
mol dm3
[OH] /103
mol dm3
Time /s
1.5
1.5
1.5
0.75
1.50
2.25
5
9
14
(i) Calculate the rate of the reaction, in mol dm3 s1, for each concentration of hydroxide
ions.
(2 marks)
(ii) What effect does doubling the concentration of hydroxide ions have on the rate of the
reaction?
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(1 mark)
(iii) What is the order of the reaction with respect to the hydroxide ions?
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(1 mark)
b. The rate equation for the reaction between when 2-bromo-2-methylbutane with hydroxide
ions is
Rate = k [C5H11Br]
(i) Write a mechanism for the reaction which is consistent with the rate equation given
above.
(2marks)
(ii) Explain why the product of this reaction is not optically active.
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(1 mark)