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1. A cylinder of volume 1810 dm3 contains gas at a pressure of 197 atm and temperature of 25°C. Assuming that the gas
behaves as a perfect gas, calculate the amount of gas contained in the cylinder.
a) 298 mol c) 14600 mol
b) 1720 mol d) 1.46 × 10^6 mol

2. A pressure vessel contains a gaseous mixture made up of 2.34 kg silane, SiH4, and 55.4 kg argon. Determine the mole fraction
of silane.
a) 0.050 b) 0.041 c) 0.095 d) 0.064

3. 1.0 mol of gas in a cylinder is compressed reversibly by increasing the pressure from 1.00 bar to 10.0 bar at a constant
temperature of 500 K. Calculate the work done on the gas by the compression.
a) +9570 J b) +3740 J c) +37.4 kJ d) +5710 J

4. Calculate the standard enthalpy of combustion of phenol, C6H5OH, at 298.15 K given that, at this temperature, the standard
enthalpy of formation of phenol is -165.0 kJ mol-1, of liquid water, H2O is -285.8 kJ mol-1 and gaseous carbon dioxide, CO2, is
-393.51 kJ mol-1.
a) -2202.9 kJ mol-1 c) -844.3 kJ mol-1
b) -514.3 kJ mol-1 d) -1872.9 kJ mol-1

5. Calculate the change in the molar entropy of a perfect gas when it is compressed isothermally from a pressure of 1 bar to 10
bar.
a) +83.1 J K-1 mol-1 c) +19.1 J K-1 mol-1
b) +7.6 J K-1 mol-1 d) +183 kJ K-1 mol-1

6. The vapour pressure of liquid carbon disulfide, CS2, is 23.5 kPa at 280 K and 51.3 kPa at 300 K. Calculate the enthalpy of
vaporization of carbon disulfide at 290 K.
a) 17.9 kJ mol-1 b) 27.3 kJ mol-1 c) 97.2 kJ mol-1 d) 94.1 kJ mol-1

7. Calculate the change in the molar Gibbs energy of a perfect gas when it is compressed isothermally at a temperature of 298 K
from a pressure of 1 MPa to 5 MPa.
a) 335 J mol-1 b) 1.73 kJ mol-1 c) 3.99 kJ mol-1 d) 28.6 kJ mol-1

8. A solution is prepared by dissolving 5.32 g of benzene, C6H6, in 93.2 g of toluene, C6H5CH3, at 25 °C. The vapour pressures
of pure benzene and pure toluene are 12.7 kPa and 3.8 kPa at this temperature. Use Raoult's law to determine the partial
vapour pressure of each of the two components for the mixture.
a) pB = 0.68 kPa, pT = 1.01 kPa c) pB = 77.9 kPa, pT = 23.3 kPa
b) pB = 0.06 kPa, pT = 0.94 kPa d) pB = 0.80 kPa, pT = 3.56 kPa

9. Calculate the change in the normal boiling temperature of an aqueous solution made by dissolving 15.0 g of bromobenzene,
C6H5Br, in 250 cm3 of water. The ebullioscopic constant of water is 0.51 K kg mol-1.
a) +0.31 K b) +0.19 K c) +7.75 K d) +3.06 K

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10. The equilibrium constant for the reaction CO(g) + H2O(g) CO2(g) + H2(g) is K = 1.03 × 105 at 298.15 K. Calculate the
standard reaction Gibbs energy at this temperature.
a) -28.6 kJ mol-1 b) -12.4 kJ mol-1 c) -2.40 kJ mol-1 d) -255 kJ mol-1

11. Calculate the equilibrium constant at 25°C for the reaction 2 NO(g) + O2(g) 2 NO2(g) given that ΔrG° = -69.8 kJ mol-1.
a) 5.91 × 10^-13 c) 1.03
b) 28.2 d) 1.7 × 10^12

12. When equal amounts of hydrogen, H2, and iodine, I2, are mixed together at a total pressure of 1 bar, the partial pressure of
hydrogen iodide, HI, vapour produced from by the reaction H2(g) + I2(g) 2 HI(g) is 22.8 kPa. Calculate the equilibrium
constant for the reaction.
a) 0.349 b) 0.055 c) 0.591 d) 0.295

13. The equilibrium constant for the gas-phase reaction N2O4(g) 2 NO2(g) is 0.1179. Calculate the mole fraction of nitrogen
dioxide, NO2, in the equilibrium reaction mixture when the total pressure is exactly 1 bar.
a) 0.466 b) 0.289 c) 0.943 d) 0.407

14. Calculate the pH of an aqueous solution of hydrocyanic acid of concentration 0.088 mol dm-3. The acidity constant of
hydrocyanic acid is 4.9 × 10-10.
a) 6.57 b) 8.82 c) 5.18 d) 7.43

15. Calculate the concentration of chloride ions, Cl-, in an aqueous solution formed by adding lead chloride, PbCl2, to water. The
solubility constant of lead chloride is 1.6 × 10-5.
a) 0.025 mol dm-3 c) 0.032 mol dm-3
b) 0.004 mol dm-3 d) 0.050 mol dm-3

16. Calculate the ionic strength of a solution of iron (III) carbonate, Fe2(CO3)3 of concentration 0.020 mol dm-3.
a) 0.25 b) 0.30 c) -0.10 d) 0.00

17. For a galvanic cell, which of the following statements is never true?
a) The potential of the cathode is higher than that of the anode.
b) The electrons flow in the external circuit from the anode to the cathode.
c) Reduction takes place at the cathode.
d) Oxidation takes place at the anode.

18. The rate constant for the substitution reaction C4H9Cl + H2O → C4H9OH + HCl increases by a factor of 10.6 when the
temperature is increased from 298 K to 308 K. Calculate the activation energy of the reaction.
a) 180 kJ mol-1 c) 809 kJ mol-1
b) 78.2 kJ mol-1 d) 2.14 kJ mol-1

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