CRE - Diagnostic Exam (USA)

ChE441: Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE)
Chemical Engineering – College of Technology

University of San Agustin
Compiled by: Achilles E. Espaldon – CRE Professor
Problem Set # 1 (Module 1)
1. A reaction is run at 10 kmol/L.s. Calculate the time it would take for the reaction to consume 50 kmol/L of reactant.
2. Rate of reation is defined as

(a) decrease in the concentration of a reactant
(b) increase in the concentration of a product
(c) change in the concentration of any one of the reactants or products per unit time.
(d) all the above three are correct
3. N2 + 3H2 --- 2NH3 For the reaction the rate of change of concentration for hydrogen is -0.3 x 10-4Ms-1. The rate of change
of concentration of ammonia is;
(a) 0.2 x 10-4 (b) -0.2 x 10-4 (c) 0.1 x 10-4 (d) 0.3 x 10-4
4. If the rate of reaction = k[A]2[B]2 what is the overall reaction order?
5. For the reaction of 4A + B --- 2C + D. Which of the following statement is not correct?
(a) The rate of formation of C and D are equal
(b) The rate of formation of D is one half the rate of consumption of A
(c) The rate of appearance of C is one half the rate of disappearance of B
(d) The rate of disappearance of B is one fourth of the rate of disappearance of A
6. Appropriate units for a first-order rate constant are

a. M/s b. 1/M·s c. 1/s d. 1/M2·s
7. In the reaction A + B ® Products, the doubling of [A], increases the reaction rate to four times,
but doubling of [B] has no effect on the reaction rate. The rate expression is;
(a) Rate = K [A]2 (b) Rate = K [A] (c) Rate = K [A]2[B]2 (d) Rate = K [A][B]
8. For the reaction BrO3 --- 5Br- + 6H+ → 3Br2 + 3H2O at a particular time, -Δ[BrO3-]/Δt = 1.5 × 10-2 M/s.
What is -Δ[Br-]/Δt at the same instant?
a. 13 M/s
b. 7.5 × 10-2 M/s
c. 1.5 × 10-2 M/s
d. 3.0 × 10-3 M/s
e. 330 M/s
9. Calculate the average speed of reaction if at 10.0 seconds the reactant concentration is 1.25M but at 55.0
seconds the concentration is 1.02M.
a. 0.0051 M/s b. –196 M/s c. 239 M/s d. – 5.1 x 10-3 M/s e. 0.0042 M/s
10.If the rate of disappearance of H2 is 3.00 M/s, calculate the rate of NH3 appearance.
Given: N2 + 3 H2 → 2 NH3
a. 2.00 M/s b. 1.00 M/s c. 3.00 M/s d. 4.50 M/s e. 1.50 M/s
11. Derive the unit of the rate constant for an elementary, decomposition reaction if the stoichiometric coefficient of the reactant is;
a.0.5 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
12. Derive the formula for computing the half-life of a reaction.
13. Calculate the rate of reaction of an initial concentration of 0.5M with a rate constant of 2. Do the calculation if the order of the
elementary reaction is;
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
14. Derive the integrated form of the rate equation for a 2 nd-order, irreversible, elementary, bimolecular reaction
A B
 C
15. A reaction involving two different reactants can never be a;
(a) bimolecular reaction (b) Unimolecular reaction (c) first order reaction (d) second order reaction
16. Derive the integrated form of the rate equation for a zero-order, irreversible reaction
17. The rate equation for the reaction;
2.NO( g )  2.H 2( g ) 

k
N2( g )  2H 2O( g )
is 1st-order both with respect to NO and H2.
a. write the rate equation for the appearance of N2
b. what is the unit of k?
c. write the rate of disappearance of NO.
18. The rate law for the following reaction is found to be rate = k[H2][I2]. H2 (g) + I2 (g) → 2 HI(g)
If the rate = 4.24 x 10-3 M/s when [H2] = 0.150 M and [I2] = 0.250 M, calculate the rate when [H2] = 0.300
M and [I2] = 0.200 M. (Hint: first find k) Show all your work and units.
19. The unit of rate constant for a zero order reaction is ...
(a) litre sec-1 (b) litre mole-1 sec-1 (c) mole litre-1 sec-1 (d) mole sec-1
20. The rate constant of a reaction has same units as the rate of reaction. The reaction is of ...
(a) third order (b) second order (c) first order (d) zero order
21. The rate constant of reaction is 3 x 10-3 bar-1 sec-1. The order of reaction is;
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
22.
23. The rate constant of reaction is 5 ´ 10-2 litre3 mole-3 minite-1. The order of reaction is;
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
24.
24. From an elementary reaction below, the rate of formation of oxygen is 0.65 moles/L.s. Ozone is heated at around 60C with an
activation energy of 70 KJ/mol with frequency factor of 5.5x105 1/M.s
2O3( g ) 

k
3O2( g )
calculate the concentration of ozone at the rate given.
25. Derive the equation for solving the conversion of the following irreversible, elementary reaction below
3.5 A 
 C
If the concentration of A is 1.5 moles/ liter after 6 hours of reaction with an initial concentration of 7 moles/liter, calculate the
time for the conversion to be 90%
26. For a chemical reaction having a rate equation below,

a. identify the order of the reaction. State your assumptions properly. The assumptions will have more weight to
the marks. Reason out if possible.
3 2
k .C A .CB
 rA 
1  CA
2.5
27. It takes 42.0 min for the concentration of a reactant in a first-order reaction to drop from 0.45 M to 0.32 M at 25°C. How
long will it take for the reaction to be 90% complete?
a. 13.0 min b. 86.0 min c. 137 min d. 222 min e. 284min
28. For the hypothetical reaction A + 3B → 2C, the rate of appearance of C given by (d[C]/dt) may also be expressed as
a. d[C]/dt = d[A]/dt
b. d[C]/dt = −(3/2) d[B]/dt
c. d[C]/dt = −(2/3) d[B]/dt
d. d[C]/dt = −(1/2) d[A]/dt
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Chemical Engineering – College of Technology

2. Rate of reation is defined as

4. If the rate of reaction = k[A]2[B]2 what is the overall reaction order?

6. Appropriate units for a first-order rate constant are

12. Derive the formula for computing the half-life of a reaction.

17. The rate equation for the reaction;

26. For a chemical reaction having a rate equation below,

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