Department of Chemistry

Faculty of Science
Universiti Putra Malaysia

MODULE TITLE Chemical Kinetics

COURSE CODE CHM3010

MODULE CODE/NO UPM/FS/ CHM3010-07

DURATION 6 hours face to face

LEARNING 1. Brady, J. E., Senese, F. (2004). Chemistry: Matter and

RESOURCES Its Changes. 4rd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
2. Whitten, K, W., Davis, R. E. Peck, M. L. & Stanley, G. G.
(2014). General Chemistry. 10th Edition. Belmont:
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
3. Notes - http://www.lms.upm.edu.my/
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Rates of reaction, rate equation, order of reaction, the
mechanism of the reaction, determination of order of
reaction. Molecular collisions theory. Transition complexs
theory.
TERMS TO KNOW All related terms in chapters involved in prior knowledge

LEARNING
OUTCOMES At the end of module, you will able to:
1. Express the changes of the reaction rate and
understand relationship between reactant and
product.
2. To illustrate how rate laws give reaction rate as a
function of reactant concentrations.
3. To define order of reaction with respect to coefficient
of a rate law.
4. To explain what is half-life of a species in accordance
to First Order and Second Order Reactions.

COURSE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

AND
LEARNING Please refer to all learning resources
ACTIVITIES
ASSIGNMENT Instruction: You should answer all the questions below
and compare your answers with your friends. Any
problems please refer to your respective lecturers.

1) For each reaction below, express the rates of change of

 [product] and [reactant] in the correct relationship to
each other.
(a) 2O3(g) ! 3O2(g)
(b) 2HOF(g) ! 2HF(g) + O2(g)
(c) N2(g) + 3H2(g) ! 2NH3(g)

2) The reaction CO(g) + NO2(g) is second order with

respect to NO2 and zero order with respect to CO at
temperature less than 500K.

a). Write down the rate expression for the reaction.

b). How will the reaction rate change if the NO2
concentration is halved?

3) The bromination of acetone is acid-catalysed.

CH 3 COCH 3 + Br2 acid
catalyst
CH 3COCH 2 Br + H + + Br

The rate of disappearance of bromine was measured for
several different initial concentrations (all in mol L-1) of
acetone, bromine and H+
Concentrations (mol L-1) Initial rate
[CH3COCH3] [Br2] [H+] mol L-1 s-1
0.30 0.05 0.05 5.7 x 10-5
0.30 0.10 0.05 5.7 x 10-5
0.30 0.05 0.10 12.0 x 10-5
0.40 0.05 0.20 31.0 x 10-5
0.40 0.05 0.05 7.6 x 10-5

a) Deduce the rate expression for the reaction and give

the order with respect to each reactant as well as the
overall order.
b) What is the numerical value of k, the rate constant?
c) If [H+] is maintained at 0.050 M, whereas both
[CH3COCH3] and [Br2] are 0.10 M, what is the initial rate
 of the reaction?

4) Molecules of butadiene, C4H6 can couple to form

C8H12. The rate expression for the reaction
rate=k[C4H6]2 and the rate constant is estimated to
be 0.014 L mol-1 s-1. If the initial concentration of
C4H6 is 0.016, how much time (in seconds) must
elapse for the concentration to drop to 0.0016M?

5) For the hypothetical reaction A + B ! C + D, the

activation energy is 32 kJ mol-1. For the reverse
reaction (C + D ! A + B), the activation energy is 58
kJ mol-1. Is the reaction A + B ! C + D exothermic or
endothermic? Explain your choice.

6) The following rate data were obtained for the reaction

Ar(g) + O2(g) ! Ar(g) + O(g) + O(g):
10-10 k (dm3
T (K)
mol-1 s-1)
10000 0.099
13000 0.300
15000 0.509
16000 0.630
18000 0.860
20000 1.200

Verify that the data for the reaction given above obey the
Arrhenius equation and find the activation energy for the
reaction. The bond dissociation energy for O2(g) is 492 kJ
mol-1, comment on the magnitude of your calculated
activation energy. Where does the extra energy to break the
O-O bond come from?
 7) The ozone, O3, decomposes according to the
equation 2O3(g) ! 3O2(g). The mechanism of the
reaction is thought to proceed through an initial fast,
reversible step and then a slow second step.
Step 1: Fast O3(g) O2(g) + O(g)
Step 2: Slow O3(g) + O(g) ! 2O2(g)
a. Which of the steps is the rate determining step?
b. Write the rate expression for the rate determining
step.
c. What is the molecularity of each step?

8) Hydrogenation reactions, processes in which H is

added to a molecule, are usually catalysed. An
excellent catalyst is a very finely divided metal
suspended in the reaction solvent. Explain why finely
divided Rh, for example, is much more effective
catalyst than a small block of the metal.

ASSESSMENT* Will be based on final examination.