UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI P ETRONA.

FINAL EXAMINATION SEPTEMBER 2012 SEMESTER

COURSE :

CCB1023 PHYSICAL CHEM|STRY

2nd

DATE TIME

: :

JANUARY 2013 (WEDNESDAY)

9.00 AM

12.00 NOON (3 HOURS)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDI DATES

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Answer ALL questions from the Questions Booklet. Begin EACH answer on a new page in the Answer Booklet. lndicate clearly answers that are cancelled, if any. Where applicable, show clearly steps taken in arriving at the solutions and indicate

ALL assumptions.
Do not open this Question Booklet until instructed,

Note :

i. ii.

There are SEVEN (7) pages in this Question Booklet including the cover page and Appendix.
TWO (2) graph papers are provided.

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Teknoloqi

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1'
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a'

Define and give TWo (2) exampres of the foilowing terms:

t
,
f
I
a

t.

t '

i.
ii. b'

Extensive property. [2 marks]

-t

lntensive property.
[2 marks]

A gas mixture consists of 300 mg of methane, 1g0 mg of argon, and 230 mg of neon in a container. The partiar pressure of neon at 300

is 8.8s kpa. Assuming the gas mixture obeys the idear gas
calculate:

raw,

i. ii. c.
A

The volume of the gas rnixture. [4 marks] The total pressure of the gas mixture. [4 marks]

certain gas obeys the Van der waars equation of state with a=0.76 m6pamor-2 with the morar vorume of the gas is 5.00 x 1oa m3 mol-1 at273 K and 3.0 Mpa. Calculate:

i. ii.

Van der Waals constant,

[5 marks]

The compression faclor,

Z.

[3 marks]

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Nitrogen (Nz) molar heat capacity,
temperatures in range
to 300 cm3. ealculate:

c* is constant at 2.s.R for

ln a process, 1.02 g of
N2

of 100-400

K.

undergoes reversible adiabatic compression at 400 torr from 1000 cms

i.
ii. ii. iv

The heat, q. [2 marke] The ehange in internal energy, AU. [5 marks] The work,
ry.

[2 marks] The ehange of enthalpy, AH.

v. b.

The change in entropy,

,5.

[2 marksl

A heat engine is operating between looo K

reservoir) and S00 K (eold sink). Determine:

(temperature

at

hot

I, . i.

The maxlmum efficieney of ths engine. [2 marks]

The maximum work can be done for each 1.0 kJ of heat

supplied by the hot reservoir. [2 marks]

i.

The heat is discharged into cold sink for each 1.0 kJ supplied by hot reservoir.
[2 marks]

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3.

a.

Define the sublimation process.

[2 marks]

i.

The enthalpies of vaporization and fusion of water are 44820 J mo1-1 and 603 J rnol-1, respectively. The vapour pressure of water at 0"c is 611 pa. calculate the sublimation
pressure of ice at 15'C, assuming that the enthalpy changes are independent of temperature. [4 marks]

An ideal solution is made from 4.00 mol of benzene and 2.2s mol of toluene. At 298 K, the vapour pressure if the pure benzene and
toluene are Pob"n."n" = 96.6 torr and porotr"n" = 2g.9 torr, respectively. lf the pressure above this solution is reduced to 760 torr. Determine : The mole fraction of each component in the solution. [4 marks]
il

The pressure when first vapour phase appear. Justify your

answer.

[4 marks]
c.

The enthalpy of vaporization, Af,oo and the boiling point, T6 of

methanol are35.27 kJ mol-1 and 64.1'c, respectively. Determine:

he entropy of methanol vaporisation.

[2 marks]
lt

The entropy change of the surrounding, if vaporization occurs reversibly. Justify the heat flow involved in the process.
[4 marks]

4.

Speetrophotometer

is qsed ts

measure the composition

2A --" g

of a llquid phase

during the reaction as given below: The concentration of product B is given in TABLE e4.

TABLE O4 : Concentration of product B t (min)

[BJ (mol dm-")
0 0 10

20

30 0.200

40 0.230

00

0.089

0,153

0.312

a.

Write the stoichiometry of the reaction that relates to the product and the reactant concentrations.
[2 markel

b. c.

Determine the concentration of B when the reaction is completed, [2 marks]

Calculate each concentration of reactant A with respect to time, and

tabulate the data, [6 marks]

d.

Determine the order of reaetion. Justify your answer,

[6 marksl
,_)

e.

Calculate the reaction constant for component A,

fr,a.

[4 marks]

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5.

a.

Define the following terms:

:I

Physisorption [2 marks]
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Chemisorpton [2 marks]

iii.

Adsorption isotherms.
[2 marks]

b.

Describe the Langmuir isotherm and the relationship between fractional surface coverage, dwith monolayer volume, v^o,. [4 marks]
il

A gas at 20"C is adsorbed on the .u#a." of 1.5 g silica at O'C. The volumes of the gas asobeO are 1.6 cm3 at 52.4kPa and 27..3 cm3 at 104 kPa, respectivelyr. Detertnine
the monolayer volume,
vmon.

[6 marks]
ilt

An adsorption of a gas is followed by the Langmuir isotherm with the equilibrium constant, K = 0.777 kPa-1 at 25'C.
Calculate the pressure at 0= 0.4.

END OF PAPER _

ceB10.?3 APPUNDIX

ldeal

Gas PV: nRT

cr,,,:

PHYSICAL CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS pfopeies of watef

Specific heat capacity

of
of

liquid

Molar heat capaeity at constant

pressure,

water, Cp: 4.184 J/g-K

ln '2 volume,

Specifc heat eapacity

vapour, Cp: 1.841Jlg-K

water

Molar heat capacity at constant

Cv,,ri.
'2

Molar heat capacity of liquid water,

Cp,,,,: 75,312 J/mol-K :R corystqnlgMolarheatcapacityofwater vapour' cp'"|' 33'138 J/mol-K Gas constants,.R.' - 83.145 cms bar/K:mol Cqoversion factgr - 82.055 cms atm/K-mot Tff) = tfO) + 2Tg.15 - 8.314 J/K-mol 1 atm = 260 torr = 1e1S2S pa - 1.9872 callK-mol 1 bar = 106 dyn/cm = 0.gg6g atm Faraday's constant, F: 96,485 C/mol 1 bar = 750,062 torr = 105 pa Avogadro's constant, A: 6.Q22 x 1023 mol-1 1 pa = 1 N/m2 Gravitatonal acceleration, g: 980.7 cm/sz 1 cal = 4.1g4Joule

1V=1Jl
Thermodynamic

AH=AU+PAV

formulg atconstantP

U-q+w ,u=-lpdv J
AH=gp=
A(J = v
-L) -+-

l dyn = 1 g-em/sz l dyn/cm= l erg/cm2-10-3 Jlm2

lerg=10-7J

l lnch =2.4em
1=10-8em=0.1
Qfhcr Eo"qationg
Arrhgnius: A=ee-k Langmuir isotherm: c = qf_
1+

nm

[crar

l liter= l dma= looocma

lcrar

^r,-rev T

Kp

BET lsotherm:

ve-n=W-q-c'F

e-1