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Chemistry 141 Solutions & Equilibrium Practice

Question 1. Calculate the heat of vaporization for Hg given the data below. You may need to plot these data to answer
this question

Temp (K) Pvap

500 39.3

520 68.5

540 114.4

560 191.6

580 286.4

600 432.3

Question 2. What will happen to the solubility of sulfur dioxide gas in water as the temperature of water goes down?
Explain your answer

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Question 3. For the substance benzene (C6H6), Kb = 2.53 and Kf = 5.12. The freezing point of benzene is 5.5°C. while
its boiling point is 80.1°C. If 3.5 g of the non-volatile substance naphthalene (C10H8) is added to 75 g of
benzene, calculate the freezing and boiling points of this mixture.

Question 4. The density of water which has a concentration of ethylene glycol (C2H6O2) of 2.0 M is 1.03 g/ml.
Calculate the mole fraction and molality of this solution.

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Question 5. An unknown compound is to be studied to determine its molar mass. If 5.00 g of the compound is added to
water to make 100 mL of solution creates an osmotic pressure of 25 torr at 25°C, what is the molar mass of
the compound? (R = 0.0821 L atm/mole K)

Question 6. A room in which the humidity has been lowered feels cooler. Yet the dehumidifier has not "cooled" the
room. Why is that?

Question 7. How might one go about establishing whether a solution of sodium sulfate in water is saturated, unsaturated,
or supersaturated?

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Question 8. Pure iodine (100.0 g) is dissolved in 300.0 g of CCl4 at 65°C. Given that the vapor pressure of CCl4 at this
temperature is 504 mm Hg, what is the vapor pressure of the CCl4/I2 solution at 65°C? Assume that I2 does
not contribute to the vapor pressure.

Question 9. A 10.7 m solution of NaOH has a density of 1.33 g/mL at 20°C. Calculate

a The mole fraction of NaOH

b) The weight percentage of NaOH

c) The molarity of the solution

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Question 10. A compound of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen was burned in oxygen, and 1.000 g of the compound
produced 1.434 g CO2 and 0.783 g H2O. In another experiment, 0.1107 g of the compound was dissolved in
25.0 g of water. This solution had a freezing point of –0.0894°C. What is the molecular formula of the
compound?

Question 11. Explain why a non-volatile solvent lowers the vapor pressure of a liquid.

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Question 12. What is the [H+] for a solution with a pH of 9.7?

Question 13. What is the pH for a solution with a [OH–] = 2.0×10–4?

Question 14. What is the [OH–] of a 2.0 M NaOH solution?

Question 15. What is the [H+] of a 2.0 M NaOH solution?

Question 16. What is the [OH–] in a solution that has a pH of 8.0?

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Question 17. What is the [H+] in a solution that has a pH of 8.0?

Question 18. What is the [H+] of a 0.050 M HBr solution?

Question 19. What is the [OH–] of a 0.050 M HBr solution?

Question 20. What is the pH of a of a 0.050 M HBr solution?

Question 21. Give a thermodymanic explanation for the cause of freezing point depression for a solution.

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Chemical Equilibrium
Question 1. For the reaction, AgCl(s) Ag+(aq) + Cl–(aq) ΔH = +65.5 kJ/mole. What will happen to the [Ag+] if;

a NaCl were added to the equilibrium mixture? Explain.

b) The system were cooled? Explain.

Question 2. Answer the following with “N” (no change), “R” (shifts right), “L” (shifts left). Each systems starts at
equilibrium when the stress is applied.

a H2(g) + I2(g) 2HI(g). What happens when the volume is decreased?

b) (NH4)2CO3(s) NH3(g) + H2O(g) + CO2(g): Adding solid (NH4)2CO3?

Adding CO2?

a) CO + 1/2O2 CO2: What happens when the temperature is decreased?

What happens when the volume is increased?

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Question 3. For the system, A + B → 2C + D, when 2.81 atm of A are added to 4.40 atm of B, the equilibrium pressure
of C is found to be 0.151 atm. What is the Kp for this reaction?

Question 4. If the equilibrium constant for the reaction, CO(g) + 1/2 O2 CO2(g), is 33 atm–1/2:

a What is the value of Kp for 2CO2 2CO + O2?

b) Find the pressure of O2 at equilibrium if the CO pressure 0.34 atm and the CO2 pressure is 0.82 atm.

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Question 5. K for the reaction, CO2(g) + C(s) 2CO(g), is 0.058 atm at a certain temperature. A 2.0 L container, with
the system not necessarily at equilibrium, was found to have a CO2 pressure of 0.0066 atm and a CO
pressure of 0.25 atm.

a Find the value of Q for this system.

b) Determine if the reaction proceeds to the left, right, or is in equilibrium.

Question 6. At 565 K, 0.226 mole of NOCl(g) is placed in a 1.68 L flask. At equilibrium it was found to be 14.0%
dissociated. Calculate Kc for 2NOCl(g) 2NO(g) + Cl2(g)

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Question 7. If the equilibrium constant for the reaction, CO2(g) + C(s) 2CO(g) is 0.058 atm, and the pressure of CO2
is 0.012 atm at equilibrium, calculate the equilibrium presure of CO.

Question 8. 24.80 atm of N2 and 62.08 atm of H2 are combined at 1000 K in a closed container. At equilibrium the total
pressure is 53.39 atm. Calculate the equilibrium pressure for N2, H2, and NH3 and calculate the equilibrium
constant.

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Question 9. A 7.0 L cylinder was filled with pure PCl5 at 0.0555 atm pressure and 250°C. Find the pressure of each gas
after equilibrium is reached. The equilibrium constant is 0.042 atm at 250°C.
PCl5(g) PCl3(g) + Cl2(g)

Question 10. At 600°C Kp for the reaction below is 2.7×106 atm2. If 8.9atm of NH3, 3.4 atm N2, and 8.2 atm of H2 are
placed in a flask, what are the pressures at equilibrium?
2NH3(g) N2(g) + 3H2(g)

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Question 11. For the system,

3A + B 3C + 3D
Kp is 5.8×10–13. Initially, 0.26 atm of A and 2.9 atm of B are confined in a sealed container. When
equilibrium is attained, what is the pressure of C?

Question 12. A weak acid, HA, has a pKa of 5.76. What is the pH of a 0.137 M solution of HA?

Question 13. What is the pH of a 0.045M NH3 solution?

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