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ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

COLLEGE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING


CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Reaction Engineering I Tutorial Questions on Chapter Three
1
1. Given the reaction 2NO2 + O N2O5, what is the relation between the rates of
2 2
formation and disappearance of the three reaction components?

2. For the given complex reaction with stoichiometry A + 3B 2R + S .

Are the reaction rates related as follows: r = r A = rB = rR = rS? If the rates are not so related, then
how are they related? Please account for the signs, + or -.

3. The rate of the reaction A + 3 B →C + 2 D was reported as 1.0 mol dm −3 s−1. State the rates of
formation and consumption of the participants.

4. **The rate of formation of C in the reaction 2 A + B → 2 C + 3 D is 1.0 mol dm −3 s−1. State the
reaction rate, and the rates of formation or consumption of A, B, and D.

5. The rate law for the reaction A + 3 B → C + 2 D in was found to be -r A = k [A] [B]. What are the
units of k?

6. **The rate law for the reaction in A + 3 B → C + 2 D was found to be -r A = k [A] [B]2. What are
the units of k?
7. A certain reaction has a rate given by
-rA = 0.005CA2 [mol/cm3.min]
If the concentration is to be expressed in mol/ml and time in hours, what would be the
value of the rate constant?

8. **For a gas reaction at 400 K the rate is reported as

−dPA
-rA = = 3.66PA2 [atm/hr]
dt

(a) What are units of the rate constant?


(b) What is the value of the rate constant and its units for this reaction if the rate equation is
expressed as -rA = kCA2, [mol/m3.s]
(C) What is the value of rate constant if concentration is expressed in mol/Liter and time in hr?

9. The decomposition of nitrous oxide is found to proceed as follows:


1
N 2 O N 2 + O2 ,−r N O =k 1 ¿ ¿
2 2
What is the order of this reaction with respect to N2O, and overall?

10. The pyrolysis of ethane proceeds with an activation energy of about 300 KJ/mol. How much
faster is the decomposition at 650°C than at 500°C? (Take R= 8.314J/mol.K)

11 A 1100K n-nonane thermally cracks (breaks down into smaller molecules)


20 times as rapidly as at 1000K. Find the activation energy for this decomposition.
(Take R= 8.314J/mol.K)

12. **The rate of the second-order decomposition of acetaldehyde (ethanal, CH 3CHO) was
measured over the temperature range 700–1000 K, and the rate constants are reported below.
Find the rate parameters (Ea and A)? [Hint: use a graph paper to plot linear line]

T/K 700 730 760 790 810 840 910 1000


k/(dm3mol-1s-1 0.01 0.035 0.105 0.343 0.789 2.17 20.0 145
1

(Take R= 8.314J/mol.K)

Notice!!!!
All double Stars are Assignments
Submission date: Next class

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