Physical Chemistry Flashcards
One kilogram of water (c = 4.2 kJ/kgK) is heated by 300 Btu energy. What is the change in temperature in K?
A. 73.8
B. 17.9
C. 74.4
D.75.4
D.75.4
A sample of metal is weighing 400 g is heated to 96.5ºC and then dropped into a calorimeter containing 2000g of water at 20ºC. If the final temperature becomes 21.5ºC, what is the specific heat of the metal in cal/g-ºC?
A. 0.10
B. 0.12
C. 0.14
D. 0.16
A. 0.10
In an experiment determine the specific heat of copper, a piece of copper weighing 50 g is first heated to 100 ºC in steam. It is then immersed into water at 27 ºC. The water in calorimeter weighs 100 g and the inner aluminum cap weighs 50 g. If the final temperature is 30ºC, what is the specific heat of copper, specific heat of aluminum is 0.22 cal/g-ºC?
A. 0.88 cal/g-ºC
B. 0.66 cal/g-ºC
C. 0.077 cal/g-ºC
D. 0.095 cal/g-ºC
D. 0.095 cal/g-ºC
Ten kilograms of -10 C ice is added to 100 kg of 20 C water. What is the eventual temperature, in C, of the water? Assume an insulated container.
A. 9.2
B. 10.5
C. 11.4
D. 12.6
B. 10.5
Two liquids enter a mixing chamber and are discharged at 80ºF at the rate of 50 gal/min. Liquid A enters at 140ºF with specific heat of BTU/gal- ºF. Liquid B enters at 65ºF with specific heat of 8.33 BTU/gal-ºF. What is the volume flow for liquid B?
A. 41.38 gal/min
B. 8.62 gal/min
C. 38.75 gal/min
D. 11.25 gal/min
A. 41.38 gal/min
Suppose you are given of the following hypothetical reactions: X → Y ∆H = -80 kJ ; X → Z ∆H = -125 kJ. Use Hess’s law to calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction Y → Z.
A. -45 kJ
B. +45kJ
C. -205 kJ
D. +205 kJ
A. -45 kJ
From the following heats reaction:
N2 (g) + 2O2(g) → 2NO2(g) ∆H = 67.6 kJ
2NO(g) + O2(g) → 2NO2(g) ∆H = -113.2 kJ
Calculate the heat of the reaction N2(g) + O2(g) → 2NO2(g).
A. 55.6 kJ
B. -55.6 kJ
C. 180.0 kJ
D. -180.8 kJ
C. 180.0 kJ
Aluminum displaces chromium from chromium(III) oxide 2Al + Cr2O3 —- Al2O3 + 2Cr ∆H = -536 kJ. How much heat will be released in the reaction of 10 g of aluminum with 25 g of Cr2O3? Al = 26.98u, Cr= 52u, O=16u
A. -100.6kJ
B. 89.5kJ
C. 58.7kJ
D. -87.9kJ
D. -87.9kJ
The fuel used in spacecraft must contain as much enery per gram of materials as possible. Based on this consideration only, which of the following fuels is best suited to be a spacecraft fuel?
(I) Dimethylhydrazine, (CH3)2NNH2; ∆H of combustion = - 1694 kJ/mol
(II) Methanol, CH3OH; ∆H of combustion = -726 kJ/mol
(III) Ethanol, C2H5OH; ∆H of combustion = -1371 kJ/mol
(IV) Octane, C8H18; ∆H of combustion = -5500 kJ/mol
A. Dimethylhydrazine
B. methanol
C. ethanol
D. octane
D. octane
Consider the following reaction; 2Na(s) + Cl2(g) → 2NaCl (s) ∆H = -821.8 kJ. What is the amount of heat transferred when 5.6 g Na(s) reacts at constant pressure?
A. 821.8 kJ
B. 4600 kJ
C. 2.0 E 2 kJ
D. 1.0 E 2 kJ
D. 1.0 E 2 kJ
C2H6(g) + 3.5 O2 (g) → 2CO2(g) + 3H2O (g) ∆H = -1430 kJ. What is the enthalpy change for the reverse reaction if whole-number coefficients are used?
A. +1430 kJ
B. -1430 kJ
C. -2860 kJ
D. +2860 kJ
D. +2860 kJ
The heat of combustion of a n-heptane at constant volume and 20ºC is 1148.93 kcal/mole. What is the value of the of reaction at constant pressure?
A. -115.13 cal/mole
B. -1151.3 kcal/mole
C. -1151.3 cal/mole
D. 1151.3 kcal/mole
How much oil at 200ºC must be added to 50 grams of the same oil at 20ºC to heat it 70ºC?
A. 12.39 grams
B. 29.12 grams
C. 19.23 grams
D. 23.91 grams
Thirty pounds of ice at 32ºF is placed in 100 lb of water at 100ºF. (The latent heat of ice may be taken as 144 BTU/lb). If no heat lost or added to the mixture, the temperature when equilibrium is reached is
A. 48ºF
B. 49ºF
C. 50ºF
D. 51ºF
D. 51ºF
From the following heats of reaction
2C (graphite) + H2(g) → C2H2(g) ∆H = 227 kJ/mol
6C (graphite) + 3H2 (g) → C6H6 (l) ∆H = 49 kJ/mol
Calculate the heat for the reaction 3C2H2 (g) → C6H6(l)
A. 26.7 kJ/mol
B. -26.7 kJ/mol
C. -178 kJ/mol
D. -632 kJ/mol
D. -632 kJ/mol
From the following heats of reaction;
N2(g) + 2O2(g) → 2NO2(g) ∆H = 67.6 kJ
2NO(g) + O2(g) → 2NO2(g) ∆H = -113.2 kJ
Calculate the heat of the reaction N2(g) + O2(g) → 2NO(g).
A. 55.6 kJ
B. -55.6 kJ
C. 180.0 kJ
D. -180.8 kJ
C. 180.0 kJ
Calculate the standard heat of reaction per mole of C6H6 for the following reaction. C6H6(g) → 3C2H2(g)
A. -650.2 kJ/mol
B. 597.4 kJ/mol
C. 650.2 kJ/mol
D. 750.1 kJ/mol
B. 597.4 kJ/mol
A 220-g sample of quinine, C6H4O2, is burned in a bomb calorimeter whose total heat capacity is 7.854 kJ/ºC. The temperature of calorimeter increases from 23.44ºC to 30.57ºC. What is the heat of combustion per gram of quinine? (molecular weight of quinine is 108.1)
A. -123 kJ/g, -13300 kJ/mol
B. -25.5kJ/g, -2750 kJ/mol
C. -25.5 kJ/kg, -235 kJ/mol
D. -3.57 kJ/g, -385 kJ/mol
B. -25.5kJ/g, -2750 kJ/mol
Calculate the heat of reaction for the following at 25ºC and 1 atm; CaC2 (s) + 2H2O(I) → Ca(OH)2(s) + C2H2(g).
A. -20715 cal
B. -24800 cal
C. -29972 cal
D. -35420
C. -29972 cal
Calculate the equilibrium constant (Kp) for the following reaction at 25ºC: C(graphite) + 2H2(g) → CH4(g).
A. 8.1 E8
B. 1.2 E5
C. 2.8 E6
D. 3.1 E3
A. 8.1 E8
Calculate the change in internal energy for the combustion of 1.00 mol of propene given that change in enthalpy is -2058 kJ.
A. -2052 kJ
B. 2052 kJ
C. 2459 kJ
D. -2450 kJ
A. -2052 kJ
A calorimeter of mass 125 g contains 130 g of water at 20ºC. A 6.1-gram mass of steam at 100 ºC is introduced to calorimeter and condensed in water. What is the final temperature of the water? Assume that no heat is lost to the surroundings and that the value of c for the calorimeter is 0.10 kcal/kg-ºC. Heat of vaporization of water is 540 kcal/kg.
A. 38.5 ºC
B. 42.5 ºC
C. 43.7 ºC
D. 45.5 ºC
D. 45.5 ºC
How many kilograms of ice at 0ºC must be added to 0.6 kg of water at 100 ºC in an insulated 0.1-kg copper container in order to cool the container and its contents to 30ºC? The specific heats of water and copper are 4.2 and 0.39 kJ/kg.K, respectively; the heat of fusion of ice is 335 kJ/kg.
A. 0.39 kg
B. 0.43 kg
C. 0.58 kg
D. 0.61 kg
A. 0.39 kg
The temperatures of three different liquids are maintained at 15ºC, 20ºC, and 25ºC respectively. When equal masses of the first two liquids are mixed, the final temperature is 18ºC, and when equal masses of the last two liquids are mixed, the final temperature is 24ºC. What temperature will be achieved by mixing equal masses of the first and the last liquid?
A. 8.65 ºC
B. 10.30 ºC
C. 15.83 ºC
D. 23.57 ºC
D. 23.57 ºC
A partly filled barrel contains 300 lb of water and 100 lb of ice at 32ºF. How many pounds of steam at 212ºF must be run into the barrel to bring its contents up to 80ºF?
A. 30.5 lb
B. 36.1 lb
C. 38.9 lb
D. 39.7 lb
A. 30.5 lb
When 20 kJ of heat is removed from 1.2 kg of ice originally at -15ºC, its new temperature is
A. -18 ºC
B. -23 ºC
C. -26 ºC
D. -35 ºC
B. -23 ºC
When 10 lb of water at 50ºF is poured over 1 lb of ice at 0ºF, the resulting mixture is at
A. 19 ºF
B. 31 ºF
C. 32 ºF
D. 34 ºF
D. 34 ºF
Seven pounds of steam at atmospheric pressure, superheated to 242ºF, is introduced simultaneously with 8 lb of ice at 25ºF into a copper calorimeter which weighs 5 lb and which contains 50 lb of water at 60ºF. The heats of fusion and of vaporization for water are 144 and 970 BTU per lb, respectively. The thermal capacities in BTU per pound per ºF may be taken as follows; steam 0.48; ice 0.50; and copper 0.093 cal/g-ºC. Neglecting heat losses to all bodies other than the calorimeter itself, the resulting temperature of the mixture is
A. 135 ºF
B. 148 ºF
C. 157 ºF
D. 160 ºF
D. 160 ºF
Find the amount of steam at 212ºC which must be blown into 400 lb water originally at 70ºF in order to make the final temperature 212ºF. Heat losses amount to 2000 Btu. The latent heat at 212ºF is 970.3 Btu/lb.
A. 42.1 lbs
B. 48.0 lbs
C. 50.9 lbs
D. 60.6 lbs
D. 60.6 lbs
Determine the final temperature when 10g of copper and 20 g of lead at -100ºC are added to 50 g of water at 50ºC. Disregard spurious heat losses. The atomic weight of copper is 63.55 g/mol, and the specific heat of lead = 0.032 cal/g-ºC = 0.134J/g ºC.
A. 33.21 ºC
B. 38.21 ºC
C. 39.1 ºC
D. 45.21 ºC
D. 45.21 ºC
A steam condenser receives 10 kg per second of steam with an enthalpy of 2,570 k/kg. Steam condenses into liquid and leaves w ith an enthalpy of 160 kJ/kg. Cooling water passes through the condenser with temperature increases from 13ºC to 24ºC. Calculate the cooling water flow rate in kg/s.
A. 533
B. 523
C. 518
D. 528
Calculate the change in internal energy of the system and determine whether the process is endothermic or exothermic for a chemical reaction in which 10.0 kJ of heat is absorbed while the system does no work on the surroundings.
A. 10 kJ, exothermic
B. 10 kJ, exothermic
C. 10 kJ, endothermic
D. -10 kJ, endothermic
C. 10 kJ, endothermic
Consider the followimg reaction : 2C2H2 (s) + 5O2(g → 4CO2(g) + 2H2O(g) ∆H = -2511 kJ/mol. Calculate the amount of heat transferred when 2.60 g of C2H2(g) is consumed in this reaction at constant pressure.
A. 126 kJ
B. 251 kJ
C. 502 kJ
D. 3.26 E 3 kJ
A. 126 kJ
A student observed that a small amount of acetone sprayed on the back of the hand felt very cool compared to a similar amount of water. Your if this phenomenon be that
A. All organic compound do this
B. Acetone has a lower viscosity and transfer heat quanta better
C. Water has a higher heat capacity than acetone, therefore retaining more heat
D. The higher vapor pressure of acetone results in more rapid evaporation and heat loss
E. The observed effect is not real and is only imagined
The terms “sweet” and “sour” in natural gas terminology are used to denote the absence or presence of _______________.
A. CO
B. methane
C. H2S
D. glucose
C. H2S
It is the solid, cellular, infusible material remaining after the carbonization of coal, pitch, petroleum residue and certain other carbonaceous materials.
A. Coke
B. char
C. wood
D. peat
A. Coke
It is a nonporous rock containing organic kerogen.
A. Tar sands
B. Natural gas
C. oil shale
D. coal-oil mixtures (COM)
C. oil shale
It is the nonagglomerated, nonfusible residue from the thermal treatment of solid carbonaceous material.
A. Charcoal
B. tanbark
C. bagasse
D. char
D. char
Higher heating value of the combustion of ethane in calorie per gram is
A. 12399.2
B. 13265.1
C. 22304
D. 272.820
A. 12399.2
These are materials remaining from the burning wood, coal, coke and other combustible wastes.
A. Food waste
B. rubbish
C. ashes and residues
D. special waste
C. ashes and residues
Energy crossing the system boundary under the influence of a temperature difference or gradient.
A. Work
B. heat
C. internal energy
D. enthalpy
B. heat
The specific gravity of the substance is the ratio of the density of the substance to the density of water. Another term for specific gravity:
A. Specific heat
B. unit weight
C. relative density
D. density
C. relative density
What is produce when calcium carbide is mixed with water?
A. acetylene
B. ethylene
C. propylene
D. methane
A. acetylene
A device substantially without moving parts, in which a fuel, such as hydrogen, natural gas, methanol, or propane, can be converted directly into twice the quantity of electrical energy that would result from the usual boiler-turbine-generator combination.
A. fuel cell
B. steam power plant
C. geothermal plant
D. heat engine
A. fuel cell
It is produced by the decay of the vegetable matter, was early identified as combustible “swamp gas”.
A. producer gas
B. furnace gas
C. hydrogen
D. methane
D. methane
Calcium carbonate is also known as
A. chalk
B. charcoal
C. feldspar
D. silica
A. chalk
It is non-Newtonian fluid which shows an apparent viscosity that decreases with increasing velocity gradients
A. pseudoplastic fluids
B. Bingham fluids
C. Bingham plastics
D. dilatant fluids
A. pseudoplastic fluids
Which of the following will have largest size?
A. Br
B. I-
C. I
D. F
B. I-
Which element has the greatest tendency to lose electrons?
A. F
B. S
C. Fr
D. Be
C. Fr
An electron emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive element is called
A. positron
B. antiproton
C. Beta-particle
D. alpha particle
H2 is passed through oils in order to
A. Convert liquid oil into solidified oil
B. Convert unsaturated hydrocarbon to saturated hydrocarbon
C. Convert lower oil into higher oil
D. All of the above statements are correct
B. Convert unsaturated hydrocarbon to saturated hydrocarbon
Solution of sodium metal in liquid ammonia is strongly reducing due to the presence in the solution of the following.
A. Sodium atoms
B. Solvated electrons
C. Solvated hydride
D. Sodium amide
B. Solvated electrons
What is the effect of shaking dil. H2SO4 with a small quantity of anhydrous CuSO4?
A. The white solid dissolves to form a colourless solution
B. The white solid dissolves to form a green solution
C. The white solid turns blue but does not dissolve
D. The white solid dissolves to form a blue solution
D. The white solid dissolves to form a blue solution
Galvanization is the
A. Deposition of zinc on iron
B. Deposition of Al on Fe
C. Deposition of tin on Fe
D. Deposition of Cu on Fe
B. Deposition of Al on Fe
Cinnabar is ore of
A. Hg
B. Cu
C. Pb
D. Zn
A. Hg
Bleaching powder is obtained by the interaction of chlorine and
A. Dilute solution of Ca(OH)2
B. Concentration solution of Ca(OH)2
C. Dry calcium oxide
D. Dry slaked lime
D. Dry slaked lime
Mercury is transported in metal containers made of
A. silver
B. Lead
C. Iron
D. Aluminum
C. Iron
In tubes having very small diameters, liquids are observed to rise or fall relative to the level of the surrounding liquid. What do you call this phenomenon?
A. fluidity
B. capillarity
C. surface tension
D. viscosity
B. capillarity
Viscosities can change with time assuming all other conditions to be constant. If viscosities increase with time up to a finite value, how do you call the fluid?
A. pseudoplastic fluid
B. colloidal fluid
C. rheopectic fluid
D. thixotropic fluid
C. rheopectic fluid
Which of the following fluids exhibit viscosities that increase with increasing agitation but they return rapidly to their normal viscosity after the agitation ceases?
A. Bingham fluids
B. dilatant fluids
C. Newtonian fluids
D. pseudoplastic fluids
B. dilatant fluids
What do you call the volume occupied by a unit mass of fluid?
A. specific volume
B. density
C. specific gravity
D. specific weight
A. specific volume
What device is used to protect the pipeline from bursting due to pressure rise when the water in the pipeline is brought to rest?
A. surge tank
B. check valve
C. sluice gate
D. float
A. surge tank
Austenite form of iron has FCC crystal lattice structure, whereas its alpha form has BCC crystal lattice structure. Assuming closest packed arrangement of iron atoms, what will be the ratio of density of Austenite to that alpha iron?
A. 1:1.088
B. 1:1.837
C. 1:1
D. 1.088:1
D. 1.088:1
The frequency of an x-ray is 6.21 E18 Hz. What is its wavelength?
A. 1.86E-27 m
B. 4.83E-11 m
C. 1.11E-17 m
D. 5.37E-28 m
B. 4.83E-11 m
f the infrared radiation has a wavelength of 3.5 microns, what will be the wave no. is cm-1?
A. 3000
B. 2500
C. 2900
D. 2700
C. 2900
Determine the frequency of light having a wavelength of 1 angstrong.
A. 3.0E 18 Hz
B. 3.0E 17 Hz
C. 3.0E 16 Hz
D. 3.0E 15 Hz
A. 3.0E 18 Hz
The siren of a fire engine has a frequency of 500 Hz. If the fire engine approaches a stationary car at 20 m/s, what frequency does the person in a car hear?
A. 471 Hz
B. 500 Hz
C. 531 Hz
D. 565 Hz
C. 531 Hz
What is the energy equivalent of a mass of 1 kg?
A. 9 E16 J
B. 9 E13 J
C. 9 E10 J
D. 9 E7 J
A. 9 E16 J
What is the binding energy per nucleon in a deuteron (deuterium nucleus) in electron volts?
Deuteron = 2.01355u, proton = 1.00727663u, neutron = 1.0086654u
A. 1.48 E5 eV
B. 1.46 E6 eV
C. 1.46 E7 eV
D. 1.46 E8 eV
B. 1.46 E6 eV
The radiant energy of the sun is due to
A. Combustion
B. nuclear fusion
C. disintegration
D. nuclear fission
B. nuclear fusion
An electron emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive element is called
A. Positron
B. antiproton
C. Beta-particle
D. none of these
C. Beta-particle
Cathode rays are
A. Alpha particles
B. electrons
C. gamma rays
D. protons
B. electrons
A nucleus has a mass no. of 155. What is its mass no after alpha emission?
A. 153
B. 150
C. 151
D. 159
C. 151
When U-235 nucleus is struck by a thermal neutron, fission occurs with the release of neutrons. If the fission fragments are Sr-90 and Xe-144, how many neutrons are released?
A. 0
B. 4
C. 2
D. 3
C. 2
Given the equation 94Pu239 + 0n
1 → 58Ce144 + 20n1. The missing component of the equation is
A. 36Kr94 at the reactant side
B. The equation is already complete
C. 36Kr94 at the product side
D. 36Kr94 should be added on both sides
C. 36Kr94 at the product side
The half-life of Bi-210 is five days. In what period of time would the activity of a given sample of isotope be reduced by 20% ?
A. 1.61 days
B. 3.68 days
C. 6.61 days
D. 11.61 days
A. 1.61 days
A certain radioactive material is known to decay at a rate proportional to the amount present. If initially 500 mg of the material is present and after 3 years 20% of the original mass has decayed, find the amount remaining after 200 weeks.
A. 355.5 mg
B. 375.6 mg
C. 372.4 mg
D. 317.8 mg
B. 375.6 mg
In a chemical transformation, substance A changes into another substance at the rate proportional to the amount of A unchanged. If initially there was 40 g of A and 1 hr later 18 g, when will 90% of A be transformed?
A. 2.88 hr
B. 2.15 hr
C. 1.92 hr
D. 1.50 hr
A. 2.88 hr
The number of undecayed nuclei in a sample of bromine-87 decreased by a factor of 4 over a period of time 112 seconds. What is the rate constant for the decay of bromine-87?
A. 56 sec
B. 0.693 sec
C. 0.0124 sec
D. 0.00619 sec
C. 0.0124 sec
A sample of wheat recovered from a cave was analyzed and gave 12.8 disintegrations of carbon-14 per minute per gram of carbon. What is the age of the grain? Carbon from living materials decays at rate of 15.3 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon? The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years.
A. 1500 yrs
B. 2000 yrs
C. 2500 yrs
D. 3000 yrs
Polonium crystalize in a simple cubic pattern with a unit cell length of a 3.36 Angstrong. Estimate the density of Po in g/cm3.
A. 5.44
B. 6.12
C. 7.84
D. 9.20
D. 9.20
What is the binding energy per nucleon in a deuteron (deuterium nucleus) in joules?
Deuteron = 2.01355u, proton = 1.00727663u, neutron = 1.0086654u
A. 2.34 E-25
B. 2.34 E-26
C. 2.34 E-12
D. 2.34 E-13
D. 2.34 E-13
The wavelength of a beam is 24 micrometer. What is its wave no.?
A. 380/cm
B. 417/cm
C. 440/cm
D. 490/cm
B. 417/cm
The wavelength of a beam is 24 micrometer. What is its wave number?
A. 8.29 E-21 J
B. 2.78 E-20 J
C. 3.21 E-19 J
D. 3.08 E-17J
A. 8.29 E-21 J