15. Chemical Kinetics
Half-Life
- Multiple ChoiceThe graph below shows the decay of a radioactive isotope. What is the half-life of the isotope?276views
- Multiple ChoiceIf you start with 80 grams of cobalt-60, how many grams will remain after three half-lives?15views
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements about the half-life of a radioactive isotope is true?30views
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes what occurs during one half-life of a radioactive substance?22views
- Multiple Choice
Decomposition of a certain substance Y at 45°C was found to be zero order. What is the half-life of substance Y if it took 15.5 minutes to decompose 67% of this substance? [Y]0 = 0.25 M.
1120views2rank5comments - Multiple Choice
Radioactive plutonium-239 (t1/2 = 2.41 × 105 yr) is used in nuclear reactors and atomic bombs. If there are 5.70 × 102 g of plutonium isotope in a small atomic bomb, how long will it take for the substance to decay to 3.00 × 102 g?
1921views4rank1comments - Multiple Choice
Use the data below to determine the half-life of decomposition of NOCl reaction which follows 2nd order kinetics.
1172views4rank4comments - Multiple ChoiceThe conversion of methyl isonitrile into acetonitrile follows first-order kinetics with a half-life of 110.2 seconds. What mass of a 1.00-g sample of methyl isonitrile remains after 10.0 minutes?
CH3 – N≡C → CH3 – C≡N897views - Multiple ChoiceWhat is the half-life of a second-order reaction in which 45.0% of the original concentration of 1.00 M remains after 325 seconds?898views
- Open Question
How long will it take for the concentration of SO2Cl2 to decrease to 25% of its initial concentration?"
819views - Open Question
What is the rate constant of a first-order reaction when 20.0% of a reactant remains after 30.0 s?
643views - Open Question
What is the half-life for a particular reaction if the rate law is rate = (1301 min-1)[A]?
652views - Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is False?
485views4rank - Multiple ChoiceFor the hypothetical second-order reaction: A → products, the general rate law is: rate = k[A]². How long is the third half-life of the reaction if [A]₀ is 0.080 M and the first half-life is 22 minutes?297views
- Multiple ChoiceIn the reaction 3 BrO-(aq) → BrO3-(aq) + 2 Br-(aq), a plot of 1/[BrO-] vs. time is linear with a slope of 0. What does this indicate about the order of the reaction with respect to BrO-?239views