Class 12 Chemistry - Chapter Chemical Kinetics NCERT Solutions | The rate constant for the decomposition

The half-life for radioactive decay of ¹⁴C is 5730 years. An archaeological artifact containing wood had only 80% of the ¹⁴C found in a living tree. Estimate the age of the sample.

For a first order reaction, show that time required for 99% completion is twice the time required for the completion of 90% of reaction.

The rate of a reaction quadruples when the temperature changes from 293 K to 313 K. Calculate the energy of activation of the reaction assuming that it does not change with temperature.

A first order reaction takes 40 min for 30% decomposition. Calculate t_1/2.

In a reaction, 2A → Products, the concentration of A decreases from 0.5 mol L^-1 to 0.4 mol L^-1 in 10 minutes. Calculate the rate during this interval?

The conversion of molecules X to Y follows second order kinetics. If concentration of X is increased to three times how will it affect the rate of formation of Y?

During nuclear explosion, one of the products is ⁹⁰Sr with half-life of 28.1 years. If 1μg of ⁹⁰Sr was absorbed in the bones of a newly born baby instead of calcium, how much of it will remain after 10 years and 60 years if it is not lost metabolically.

Sucrose decomposes in acid solution into glucose and fructose according to the first order rate law, with t_1/2 = 3.00 hours. What fraction of sample of sucrose remains after 8 hours?

The decomposition of A into product has value of k as 4.5 x 10³ s^-1 at 10°C and energy of activation 60 kJ mol^-1. At what temperature would k be 1.5 x 10⁴ s^-1?

For the reaction R → P, the concentration of a reactant changes from 0.03 M to 0.02 M in 25 minutes. Calculate the average rate of reaction using units of time both in minutes and seconds.

Write the formulas for the following coordination compounds:

(i) Tetraamminediaquacobalt (III) chloride

(ii) Potassium tetracyanonickelate(II)

(iii) Tris(ethane-1,2-diamine) chromium(III) chloride

(iv) Amminebromidochloridonitrito-N-platinate(II)

(v) Dichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)platinum(IV) nitrate

(vi) Iron(III) hexacyanoferrate(II)

(i) Write structures of different isomeric amines corresponding to the molecular formula, C4H11N

(ii) Write IUPAC names of all the isomers.

(iii) What type of isomerism is exhibited by different pairs of amines?

Why are solids rigid?

Write any two characteristics of Chemisorption.

Write the structures of the following compounds.

(i) α-Methoxypropionaldehyde

(ii) 3-Hydroxybutanal

(iii) 2-Hydroxycyclopentane carbaldehyde

(iv) 4-Oxopentanal

(v) Di-sec-butyl ketone

(vi) 4-Fluoroacetophenone

Which of the ores mentioned in Table 6.1 can be concentrated by magnetic separation method?

Why are pentahalides more covalent than trihalides?

Silver atom has completely filled d orbitals (4d10) in its ground state. How can you say that it is a transition element?

Glucose or sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or benzene (simple six membered ring compounds) are insoluble in water. Explain.

Write structures of the following compounds:

(i) 2-Chloro-3-methylpentane

(ii) 1-Chloro-4-ethylcyclohexane

(iii) 4-tert. Butyl-3-iodoheptane

(iv) 1,4-Dibromobut-2-ene

(v) 1-Bromo-4-sec. butyl-2-methylbenzene

What is the basicity of H₃PO₄?

Why is ICl more reactive than I₂?

Calculate the molarity of each of the following solutions:

(a)30 g of Co(NO₃)₂. 6H₂O in 4.3 L of solution

(b)30 mL of 0.5 M H₂SO₄ diluted to 500 mL.

Why do soaps not work in hard water?

What is meant by unidentate, didentate and ambidentate ligands? Give two examples for each.

Write the mechanism of acid-catalysed dehydration of ethanol to yield ethene.

Can PCl₅ act as an oxidising as well as a reducing agent? Justify.

Calculate the emf of the cell in which the following reaction takes place:

Ni_(s) + 2Ag⁺ (0.002 M) → Ni²⁺ (0.160 M) + 2Ag_(s)

Given that E^ø_cell = 1.05 V

What is meant by positive & negative deviations from raoult’s law & how is the sign of ΔmixH related to positive & negative deviations from Raoult’s law?

Name a substance which can be used as an antiseptic as well as disinfectant.