CHM01a: Chemistry for Engineers

First Term Examination

First Semester 2020-2021

Name:________________________________________________________________
Section:________________________ Date:_______________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTION

 Solve the following problems and show your solutions. No solution, no credit.
 Highlight, encircle, or box the final answers except for fill in the blanks.
 Make sure that the final answers are the ONLY ONES highlighted, encircled, or boxed.

Solubility Data:

Temperature, oC Solubility (g/100 g of water)

LiOH CuSO4 KBr SrBr2
100 17.5 75.4 104.0 222.5
90 - - 99.2 -
80 15.3 55.0 95.0 181.8
70 - - 90.0 -
60 13.8 40.0 85.5 150.0
50 13.3 33.3 80.2 135.8

Problem 1 (1-11)

A 96 g of Potassium Bromide crystals is recovered by evaporating water from a solution with a

concentration of 45% at 60 degC. Assume that solution/mixture’s temperature at crystallization is
the same with the initial.

1-2) What is the initial molarity?

3-4) What is the initial concentration in w solute/100 w solvent?

5-6) Was the solution saturated? If not, what was it?

7-11) If the solution is 350 g initially, how many percent of the original solvent evaporated?

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Problem 2 (12-22)

12) What is the type of solution which has lower concentration than solubility?

13) What is the type of solution which has greater concentration than solubility?

14) What is the type of solution which has equal concentration with solubility?

A solution undergo several processes as shown in the diagram:

15-16) What is the initial condition of the solution? ____________________________________

17-18) At point 2, is it already possible to generate crystals? Why? _______________________

19-20) If crystallization happens after point 3, at which point should the process end? _________

21-22) Why? ____________________________________________________________

Problem 3 (23-29)

Solution A with a mass of 300 g and contains solute A is mixed with 500 g of solution B which is
40% solute B.
23-25) If solute A is 30% in solution A, what is its concentration after mixing?

26-28) If MW of solute B is 46 g/mol, what is its molarity after mixing? Sp gr of Solution A = 1.05,
Sp gr of Solution B = 1.11

29) __________ is the ratio between the density of an object and a 30) ____________
substance.

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Problem 4 (31-40)

Three substances were mixed, A, B, and C. A is 50 lb, B is 10000 cm3 (ρ= 62.4 lb/ft3), and C is
32 lb.
31-34) What is the total mass?

35-36) What is the mass percentage of A?

37-38) What is the mass percentage of B?

39-40) What is the mass percentage of C?

Problem 5 (41-50)

Kerosene is used to absorb benzene (C6H6) from a gas:

Substance Amount Benzene Content Density (kg/m3)

Gas 20.5 m3 5 wt% 1.225
Kerosene 1110 kg 0 810
Benzene (ρ = 876 kg/m3)

41-42) How many kilograms of benzene is present in the gas?

43-46) If 99.9% benzene is removed from air, how many kilograms of benzene is recovered?
Assume that no other substance is absorbed and no kerosene is carried away by the gas.

47-48) In terms of mass percent, what is the benzene content of kerosene after the process? (In
five significant figures)

49-50) In terms of molarity, what is the benzene content of kerosene after the process?

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Problem 6 (51-55)

51) A refrigerator with closed door/s is an example of ____________________ system.

52) What is the definition of the thermodynamic property, enthalpy? ___________________

53) Internal energy, enthalpy, temperature, and pressure are examples of __________ function.

54) Heat travels spontaneously from high temperature to low temperature is an expression of
_________________________________________________________.

55) The heat involved under constant pressure is the _________________________________.

Problem 7 (56-61)

When 2.0 mol CO2 is heated at a constant pressure of 1.25 atm, its temperature increases from
250 K to 277 K. Cp = 4.463 R, Cp/Cv = 1.4. Use R = 8.3145 J/(mol*K)

56-57) Calculate q

58-59) Calculate ∆H

60-61) Calculate ∆U

Problem 8 (62-70)

Solid ethyl alcohol, 30 g, at -180.3 oC is vaporized at the boiling point of 78.3 oC.
Cp (solid) = 0.971 J/(g*K), Cp (liquid) = 2.30 J/(g*K), Tfreezing = -117.3 oC, ∆fusH = 218 J/g, ∆vapH =
854 J/g

62-64) How much heat was involved from initial state up to end of melting?

65-67) How much heat was involved from right upon melting up to reaching boiling point?

68-70) How much heat was involved in the whole process?

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Problem 9 (71-75)

71-75) At what temperature will oC and oF become equal?

Problem 10 (76-83)

Human generates heat through metabolic activity. Average generation is 10 MJ per day.

76-79) If the 55 kg body is considered an isolated system, what temperature rise would it
experience? Consider that specific heat of body is similar to water.

80-83) If the body loses heat through evaporation of water, how much should be evaporated every
week to maintain body temperature?

Problem 11 (84-87)

84-87) A 500 dm2 piston-cylinder setup is used as a reactor. As a result, piston is pushed by 20
dm against external pressure of 14.7 psi. Calculate work in SI unit.

Problem 12 (88-92)

88-92) Ice cube is to be made in a tray of 20 cubes via freezer. Each cube has a mass of 30.0 g
and the temperature of tap water is 20.0 oC. The freezer uses CF2Cl2 as a refrigerant with ∆vapH
= 158 J/g. How many refrigerant are needed to be vaporized to produce ice at -6.0 oC?

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Problem 13 (93-100)

93-100) A system undergoes a cycle of process which involves several steps as indicated in the
table (Units are in J):
Step (Point x  Point y) q w ∆U
a (1  2) 100 -250 ∆aU
b (2  3) qb wb ∆bU
c (3  4) -300 wc 500
d (4  1) 60 wd 900
Total qTot 500 ∆TotU
Analyze the cycle by solving for the unknown ∆U, q, w in each step as well as the total q and
∆U of the cycle.

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