Chemical Kinetics

Drug X becomes ineffective after 50\% decomposition. The original concentration of drug in a bottle was 16 mg/mL which becomes 4 mg/mL in 12 months. The expiry time of the drug in months is . Assume that the decomposition of the drug follows first order kinetics.

1. 12
2. 3
3. 6
4. 2

array|c|c| [A]0/ mol L-1 & t1/2/min \ 0.100 & 200 \ 0.025 & 100 \ array For a given reaction R P, t1/2 is related to [A]0 as given in table. Given: 2 = 0.30 Which of the following is true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and C Only
2. A, B and D Only
3. A and B Only
4. C and D Only

Consider an elementary reaction A(g) + B(g) C(g) + D(g) If the volume of reaction mixture is suddenly reduced to 13 of its initial volume, the reaction rate will become 'x' times of the original reaction rate. The value of x is :

1. 3
2. 9
3. 13
4. 19

For bacterial growth in a cell culture, growth law is very similar to the law of radioactive decay. Which of the following graphs is most suitable to represent bacterial colony growth? Where N - Number of bacteria at any time, N0 - Initial number of bacteria.

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For a reaction, N2O5(g) 2NO2(g) + 12O2(g) in a constant volume container, no products were present initially. The final pressure of the system when 50\% of reaction gets completed is

1. 5/2 times of initial pressure
2. 7/2 times of initial pressure
3. 7/4 times of initial pressure
4. 5 times of initial pressure

Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
2. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
3. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Consider a complex reaction taking place in three steps with rate constants k1, k2 and k3 respectively. The overall rate constant k is given by the expression k= k1k3k2. If the activation energies of the three steps are 60, 30 and 10 kJ mol-1 respectively, then the overall energy of activation in kJ mol-1 is . (Nearest integer)

For the thermal decomposition of N2O5(g) at constant volume, the following table can be formed, for the reaction mentioned below. 2N2O5(g) 2N2O4(g)+O2(g) [figure] x= 10-3 atm [nearest integer] Given : Rate constant for the reaction is 4.606 10-2 s-1.

Which of the following graphs most appropriately represents a zero order reaction?

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A B The molecule A changes into its isomeric form B by following a first order kinetics at a temperature of 1000 K. If the energy barrier with respect to reactant energy for such isomeric transformation is 191.48 kJ mol-1 and the frequency factor is 1020, the time required for 50\% molecules of A to become B is picoseconds (nearest integer). [R=8.314 J K-1 mol-1 ]