Worksheet 4.

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WORKSHEET ON REACTI ON KI NETI CS (Answers)

1) Consider the following rate equation for a reaction involving three substances A, B and C
Rate = k [A]
a
[B]
b
[C]
c


a) What units is Rate measured in? mol.dm
-3
.s
-1

b) Which symbol represents the rate constant? k
c) What is the order of the reaction
i) With respect to reagent A? a
ii) With respect to reagent B? b
iii) With respect to reagent C? c
iv) Overall? a +b +c
(6)

2) A different reaction involves substances D and E. The rate equation for this reaction is:-
Rate = k [D] [E]
How many times does the rate of reaction increase (or decrease) if the following changes
are made? (Explain your reasoning in each case.)
a) The concentration of D is doubled, but the concentration of E remains constant.
Change: Rate 2
Explanation: [D] 2 and no change to [E] and rate is proportional to [D] (2)

b) The concentration of E is trebled, but the concentration of D remains constant.
Change: Rate 3
Explanation: [E] 3 and no change to [D] and rate is proportional to [E] (2)

c) The concentrations of both D and E are halved.
Change: Rate 4
Explanation: [D] 2 so rate is also halved AND [e] 2 so rate is halved again
(Or: Reaction is 2
nd
Order overall, so Rate 2
2
) (2)

d) The total volume of the mixture is trebled by adding more solvent.
Change: Rate 9
Explanation: Volume 3 means BOTH [D] and [E] are 3, so rate 3
2
(2)
Worksheet 4.1(3)

3) Substances F and G react to form H. In one experiment the concentration of F is doubled,
while the concentration of G is kept the same. The initial rate is observed to double.
a) What is the order of this reaction with respect to F?
1
st
order (1)

b) In another experiment reagent G is kept in large excess so that its concentration hardly
changes over the course of the experiment. This means that the concentration of F
controls the rate of reaction with time.
Use your answer to part a) to sketch a graph on the axes below of how you expect the
concentration of F to vary with time. (2)
Clearly drawn and convincing exponential gets 2 marks
(half life need not be 10 units as shown here)

c) Comment on any characteristic feature(s) of this graph. (2)
Exponential decay / decrease
Constant half life


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Worksheet 4.1(3)

4) A reaction involves two substances, J and K, reacting to form L. It is first order with
respect to J and first order with respect to K.
a) Write out the rate equation for this reaction.
Rate = k [J] [K] (1)

b) Work out the units of the rate constant.
mol
-1
.dm
3
.s
-1
(1)

c) When the initial concentration of J is1.5 10
-2
mol.dm
-3
and the initial concentration of K
is 2.5 10
-3
mol.dm
-3
the initial rate of reaction is found to be 3.75 10
-4
mol.dm
-3
.s
-1
.
Use your answer to part a) to calculate the value of the rate constant for this reaction.

so

(1 mark)
so k = 10 (mol
-1
.dm
3
.s
-1
) (1 mark) (2)

d) State how (if at all) the value of the rate constant changes when the temperature is
increased.
The value of k increases (1) exponentially (1) with temperature.



TOTAL MARKS = 25