UP Academic League of Chemical Engineering Students (UP ALCHEMES)

Academic Affairs Committee - Reviews and Tutorials Series, A.Y. 2015-2016

Chem 154 LE 4 (SAMPLE EXAM)

Choose the letter which corresponds to the best atmospheric. In the experiment, you are tasked to
answer. If choices are not present, provide the calculate how high this fluid will rise in a 0.2-cm
correct answer. diameter capillary tube made of the same polymer.
The density of the fluid is 0.75 g/cm3.
1. Which of the following statements is FALSE 5. What is the surface tension of the fluid?
about surface tension of liquids? a. 40 dyne/cm
a. The formation of curved liquid-vapor b. 80 dyne/cm
interfaces is a due to the tendency of c. 120 dyne/cm
liquids to minimize their surface area. d. 160 dyne/cm
b. Surface tension decreases with 6. Determine the height (in cm) at which the fluid
temperature. will rise in the said capillary tube.
c. As cavity radius decreases, the 7. The concentration dependence of the surface
pressures in both the convex and tension of surfactant solutions at 298 K is
concave sides of the interface become expressed by the following equation:
closer to each other.
d. At constant volume and
temperature: , where A is is the surface tension of the solution (N/m)
Helmholtz energy. while is solute concentration (mol/m3). Derive
an expression for the concentration dependence
For 2-4 consider the following. The table below shows of . I
the surface tension of different liquids at 293 K, as 8. Results of surface tension measurements for
well as corresponding contact angles with soda-lime dodecyl(methyl) ammonium chloride at 26.5°C
glass. are shown below. Determine the value of for a
0.16 mM solution of the surfactant.
Liquid Glycerol Mercury Water Sample A
Surface Tension C, mM 0.01 0.015 0.05 0.100 0.200 0.250
64.00 472.00 72.75 ?
(dyne cm-1) γ, dyne/cm 72 71 66 59 46 40
Contact Angle 0° 140° 0° 55°
Density (g/cm3) 1.261 13.6 0.998 1.567
a. 1.234 x 10-4 mol/m2
b. 5.676 x 10-6 mol/m2
2. Which of the samples will not wet a horizontal
c. 8.555 x 10-6 mol/m2
soda-lime glass surface?
d. 9.543 x 10-4 mol/m2
3. A portion of Sample A is placed in a U-tube, the
two arms of which have different diameters: 6
For 9-11, consider the adsorption isotherms below.
and 2 cm. The height in the narrower arm is
found out to be 1.16 mm higher than that in
the wider arm. Determine the surface tension
of Sample A (in dyne/cm).
a. 150 dyne/cm
b. 250 dyne/cm
c. 378 dyne/cm
d. 466 dyne/cm
4. Which of the following liquids will rise the
highest in the same capillary tube?

For 5-6, consider this problem: An experimental fluid

is used to create a spherical bubble with a diameter of
0.25 cm. When in contact with a polymeric surface, it
has a contact angle of 30°. The internal pressure of the
bubble is 101.453 kPa, while the external pressure is
9. Which of the following isotherms correspond to
multi-molecular adsorption?
10. Which of the following is a Langmuir isotherm?
11. Which of the following represents multilayer
adsorption and gas condensation on the pores of
 adsorbent, in which the heat of adsorption is
greater than the heat of condensation? 19. The data for adsorption of ammonia on BaF2
12. Which of the following is NOT an assumption are summarized in the table below. Determine
of the Langmuir isotherm model? the parameters of the BET isotherm, given that
a. All adsorption occurs by the same T = 298 K and P* = 400 kPa.
mechanism.
b. Coverage is less than one complete P, kPa 14.0 37.6 65.6 79.2 82.7 100.7 106.4
monolayer. V, cm3 11.1 13.5 14.9 16.0 15.5 17.3 16.5
c. Interaction between adsorbed
molecules is primarily due to Van der For 20-22, determine which of the mechanisms of
Waals forces. heterogeneous catalysis is applicable to each case.
d. All active sites are energetically 20. Gaseous ammonia molecules react with
uniform oxygen adsorbed on a platinum catalyst to
13. Which of the following is a characteristic of form nitrogen.
chemisorption? 21. CO and H2 compete for the active sites on a
a. Low to moderate temperatures ZnO catalyst
b. Independent of temperature 22. A hypothetical reaction A + B  P on a
c. Low heat of adsorption ruthenium catalyst has the following rate law:
d. Monolayer surface coverage

For 14-17, consider the data below. Olivier and Jadot 23. Which of the following is FALSE about a liquid
(1997) studied the adsorption of butane on silica gel. junction?
They report the following amounts of adsorption in a. The potential of the liquid junction is
(mol/kg gel) at 303 K. Determine the amount of minimized by a salt bridge.
butane corresponding to complete coverage, assuming b. The potential arises due to the
the data agrees with the Langmuir isotherm. diffusion of ions across the boundary.
c. Water poured over concentrated H2SO4
P, kPa 31.00 38.22 53.03 76.38 101.97 is an example of an electrochemical
mol 1.00 1.17 1.54 2.04 2.49 cell with liquid junction.
C4H10/kg gel d. The liquid junction potential is easily
P, kPa 130.47 165.06 182.41 205.75 219.91
mol 2.90 3.22 3.30 3.35 3.36
measured experimentally.
C4H10/kg gel
For 24-26, consider the following cell.
14. Fit the data to a Langmuir isotherm. Zn (s) | ZnCl2 (0.0050 mol/kg) | Hg2Cl2 (s) | Hg (l)
Determine the parameters. The cell reaction is Hg2Cl2 (s) + Zn (s)  2 Hg (l) + 2 Cl-
+ Zn2+. Given that EZn2+/Zn = -0.7628 V and EHg2Cl2, Hg =
15. Fit the data to a Frendlich isotherm. Determine +0.2676 V, and that the cell potential is +1.2272 V,
the parameters. determine the following parameters:
16. Fit the data to a Temkin isotherm. Determine
the parameters. 24. Standard Cell potential
17. Which of the following isotherms provide the 25. ΔG and ΔG0
best fit of the data? 26. K of the reaction at 298 K.
18. Using the data, determine the isosteric heat of
adsorption (kJ/mol) for benzene in silica gel. 27. Given the electrochemical cell Pb | PbSO4 |
H2SO4 (aq) | PbSO4 | PbO2 | Pt, and the
105 moles benzene temperature dependence (in °C) of E:
adsorbed/g gel
T (°C)
Partial
70 90 110 130
Pressure
(atm) Calculate the thermodynamic parameters (ΔG,
0.0005 14 6.70 2.60 1.13 ΔS and ΔH) for T = 298.15 K
0.001 22 11.2 4.50 2.00
0.002 34 18.0 7.80 3.90 For 28-32, Write TRUE if the statement is true;
0.005 68 33.0 17.0 8.60 otherwise, write FALSE.
0.01 88 51.0 27.0 16.0
0.02 - 78.0 42.0 26.0
28. In the Helmholtz layer model, the effects of
thermal motion is taken into account.
29. A transfer coefficient of 1 indicates that the
transition state between the reduced and
oxidized form of the electroactive species is
reactant-like.
30. A negative overpotential implies that the
electrode undergoes electrolysis.
31. The stern model incorporates the outer
Helmholtz plane near the electrode surface
and a diffuse double layer further away from
the surface.
32. The validity of a Tafel plot increases as the
overpotential decreases.

33. The transfer coefficient of a certain electrode

in contact with M2+ and M3+ in solution at 298
K is 0.42. The current density is found out to
be 17.0 mA/cm2 when the overpotential is 105
mV. What is the overpotential required for a
current density of 72 mA/cm2?
a. 0.912 V
b. 91.2 mV
c. 0.169 V
d. 16.9 mV
34. Calculate the effective resistance at 298 K of an
electrode interface for 1.0 cm2 Pt | Fe3+, Fe2+
electrodes (j0 = 2.5 x 10-3 A/cm2).
a. 10 Ω
b. 20 Ω
c. 30 Ω
d. 40 Ω
35. A typical exchange current density, that for H+
discharge at platinum is 0.79 mA/cm2 at 298
K. What is the current density at an electrode
when its overpotential is: (i) 10 mV; (ii) 100
mV; (iii) -5.00 V? Take α = 0.5.

36. In an experiment on the Pt | H2, H+ in dilute

H2SO4, the following current densities were
observed at 298 K. Evaluate j0 and α for the
electrode.

η, mV 50 100 150 200 250

j, 2.66 8.91 29.9 100 335
mA/cm2

NOTE: Some problems are from

Atkins 9th ed Physical Chemistry