Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
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ISBN: 9781118516461
Author: Neil D. Jespersen, Alison Hyslop
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 13, Problem 92RQ
A tree killed by being buried under volcanic ash was found to have a ratio of carbon-14 atoms to carbon-12 atoms of
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Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
Ch. 13 - The iodate ion reacts with sulfite ions in the...Ch. 13 - Hydrogen sulfide burns in oxygen ro form sulfur...Ch. 13 - Use the graph in Figure 13.5 to estimate the rare...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.4 Use the graph in Figure...Ch. 13 - Prob. 5PECh. 13 - The rate law for the decomposition of HItoI2andH2...Ch. 13 - The reaction, BrO3-+3SO32-Br-+3SO42- has the rate...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.8
A certain reaction has an...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.9
For the reaction of with...Ch. 13 - Use the data from the other four experiments in...
Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.11
Use the rate law...Ch. 13 - The following reaction is investigated to...Ch. 13 - Ordinary sucrose (table sugar) reacts with water...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.14 A certain reaction has the...Ch. 13 - When designing a consumer product, it is desirable...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.16
In Practice Exercise...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.17
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Practice Exercise 13.15
From the answer to...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.19 The radioactive isotope,...Ch. 13 - Prob. 20PECh. 13 - Prob. 21PECh. 13 - For the reaction in Example 13.10, determine how...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.23
A sample of nitrosyl...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.24
The reaction is second...Ch. 13 - Suppose that the value of t1/2 for a certain...Ch. 13 - The reaction CH3I+HICH4+I2 was observed to have...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.27
Ozone decomposes to form...Ch. 13 - Prob. 28PECh. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.29
Select the reactions below...Ch. 13 - Ozone, O3, reacts with nitric oxide, NO, to form...Ch. 13 - Practice Exercise 13.31
The mechanism for the...Ch. 13 - Why are chemical reactions usually carried out in...Ch. 13 - 13.2 Give an example from everyday experience of...Ch. 13 - 13.3 What is a homogeneous reaction? What is a...Ch. 13 - How does particle size affect the rate of a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 5RQCh. 13 - 13.6 The rate of hardening of epoxy glue depends...Ch. 13 - 13.7 A PolaroidTM instant photograph develops...Ch. 13 - Prob. 8RQCh. 13 - 13.9 Persons who have been submerged in very cold...Ch. 13 - How does an instantaneous rate of reaction differ...Ch. 13 - What is the difference between the rate of...Ch. 13 - Explain how the initial instantaneous rate of...Ch. 13 - 13.13 What are the units of reaction rate? What is...Ch. 13 - 13.14 Describe how to determine the instantaneous...Ch. 13 - What are the units of the rate constant for (a) a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 16RQCh. 13 - Prob. 17RQCh. 13 - If the concentration of a reactant is doubled and...Ch. 13 - If the concentration of a reactant is doubled and...Ch. 13 - If the concentration of a reactant is doubled, by...Ch. 13 - In an experiment, the concentration of a reactant...Ch. 13 - Biological reactions usually involve the...Ch. 13 - Rearrange the integrated rate equations for (a) a...Ch. 13 - 13.24 How is the half-life of a first-order...Ch. 13 - 13.25 How is the half-life of a second-order...Ch. 13 - How is the half-life of a zero-order reaction...Ch. 13 - 13.27 Derive the equations for for first- and...Ch. 13 - 13.28 The integrated rate law for a zero-order...Ch. 13 - Which of the following graphs represents the data...Ch. 13 - 13.30 What is the basic postulate of collision...Ch. 13 - What two factors influence the effectiveness of...Ch. 13 - In terms of the kinetic theory, why does an...Ch. 13 - Prob. 33RQCh. 13 - Prob. 34RQCh. 13 - Draw a potential energy diagram for an exothermic...Ch. 13 - 13.36 Some might say that the “transition state...Ch. 13 - What is the activation energy? How is the...Ch. 13 - 13.38 The decomposition of carbon dioxide,
has an...Ch. 13 - 13.39 Draw the potential energy diagram for an...Ch. 13 - What is the definition of an elementary process?...Ch. 13 - What is a rate-determining step?Ch. 13 - What is an intermediate in the context of reaction...Ch. 13 - Free radicals are discussed in Chemistry Outside...Ch. 13 - Suppose we compared two reactions, one requiring...Ch. 13 - In what way is the rate law for a reaction related...Ch. 13 - How does an elementary process relate to (a) the...Ch. 13 - How does a catalyst increase the rate of a...Ch. 13 - 13.48 What is a homogeneous catalyst? How does it...Ch. 13 - What is the purpose of the catalytic converter...Ch. 13 - Tell how you would recognize a catalyst in a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 51RQCh. 13 - Why should leaded gasoline not be used in cars...Ch. 13 - The following data were collected at a certain...Ch. 13 - 13.54 The following data were collected for the...Ch. 13 - For the reaction, 2A+B3C, it was found that the...Ch. 13 - In the reaction, 3H2+N22NH3, how does the rate of...Ch. 13 - In the combustion of hexane (a low-boiling...Ch. 13 - At a certain moment in the reaction 2N2O54NO2+O2...Ch. 13 - Consider the reaction,...Ch. 13 - 13.60 The decomposition of phosphine, a very toxic...Ch. 13 - 13.61 Estimate the rate of the reaction,
given...Ch. 13 - 13.62 Estimate the rate of the reaction,
given...Ch. 13 - The oxidation of NO (released in small amounts in...Ch. 13 - The rate law for the decomposition of N2O5 is rate...Ch. 13 - The rate law for a certain enzymatic reaction is...Ch. 13 - 13.66 Radon-220 is radioactive, and decays into...Ch. 13 - The following data were collected for the reaction...Ch. 13 - Cyclopropane, C3H6, is a gas used as a general...Ch. 13 - 13.69 The reaction of iodide ion with hypochlorite...Ch. 13 - 13.70 The formation of small amounts of nitrogen...Ch. 13 - At a certain temperature, the following data were...Ch. 13 - The following data were obtained for the reaction...Ch. 13 - Data for the decomposition of SO2Cl2 according to...Ch. 13 - Prob. 74RQCh. 13 - The decomposition of SO2Cl2 described in Problem...Ch. 13 - 13.76 The decomposition of acetaldehyde, was...Ch. 13 - If it takes 75.0 min for the concentration of a...Ch. 13 - It takes 15.4 minutes for the concentration of a...Ch. 13 - The concentration of a drug in the body is often...Ch. 13 - 13.80 Phosphine, , decomposes into phosphorus, ,...Ch. 13 - Hydrogen iodide decomposes according to the...Ch. 13 - 13.82 The reaction of to form is second...Ch. 13 - Using the information determined in Problem 13.79,...Ch. 13 - The second-order rate constant for the...Ch. 13 - The half-life of a certain first-order reaction is...Ch. 13 - Strontium-90 has a half-life of 28 years. How long...Ch. 13 - 13.87 Using the graph from Problem 13.53,...Ch. 13 - Using the graph from Problem 13.54, determine how...Ch. 13 - Hydrogen peroxide, which decomposes in a...Ch. 13 - SO2Cl2 decomposes in a first-order process with a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 91RQCh. 13 - A tree killed by being buried under volcanic ash...Ch. 13 - Prob. 93RQCh. 13 - Prob. 94RQCh. 13 - The following data were collected for a reaction:...Ch. 13 - Rate constants were measured at various...Ch. 13 - NOCl decomposes as:...Ch. 13 - 13.98. The conversion of cyclopropane, an...Ch. 13 - The decomposition of N2O5 has an activation energy...Ch. 13 - At 35C, the rate constant for the reaction...Ch. 13 - The oxidation of NO to NO2, one of the reactions...Ch. 13 - A reaction has the following mechanism:...Ch. 13 - If the reaction NO2+CONO+CO2 occured by a one-step...Ch. 13 - If the reaction 2NO2(g)+F2(g)2NO2F(g) occurred by...Ch. 13 - Consider the general reaction AB+CAC+B If this...Ch. 13 - Nitrogen dioxide reacts with carbon monoxide to...Ch. 13 - 13.107. The oxidation of nitrogen monoxide with...Ch. 13 - The reaction of chloroform and chlorine forms...Ch. 13 - The following data were collected for the reaction...Ch. 13 - The age of wine can be determined by measuring the...Ch. 13 - 13.111 On the following graph, label the products,...Ch. 13 - Carbon-14 dating can be used to estimate the age...Ch. 13 - *13.113 What percentage of cesium chloride made...Ch. 13 - For the following reactions, predict how the rate...Ch. 13 - One of the reactions that occurs in polluted air...Ch. 13 - * 13.116 Suppose a reaction occurs with the...Ch. 13 - The decomposition of urea, (NH2)2CO,in0.10MHCl...Ch. 13 - Show that for a reaction that obeys the general...Ch. 13 - 13.119 The rates of many reactions approximately...Ch. 13 - If the rate constant for a first-order reaction is...Ch. 13 - For the following potential energy diagram, which...Ch. 13 - Prob. 122RQCh. 13 - Prob. 123RQCh. 13 -
*13.124 The cooking of an egg involves the...Ch. 13 -
*13.125 The following question is based on...Ch. 13 - Prob. 126RQCh. 13 - The experimental rate law for the reaction...Ch. 13 - Radioactive samples are considered to become...Ch. 13 - Use a spreadsheet to generate a graph for the data...Ch. 13 - 13.130 Use a spreadsheet to generate separate...Ch. 13 - Prob. 131RQCh. 13 - The catalyzed decomposition of ethanol at 327C has...Ch. 13 - *13.133 On December 19, 2007, the T2 Laboratories,...Ch. 13 - Prob. 134RQCh. 13 - Prob. 135RQCh. 13 - Can a reaction have a negative activation energy?...Ch. 13 - *13.137 Assume you have a three-step mechanism....Ch. 13 - 13.138 What range of ages can dating reliably...Ch. 13 - 13.139 Why are initial reaction rates used to...Ch. 13 - If a reaction is reversible (i.e., the products...Ch. 13 - Prob. 141RQCh. 13 - *13.142 How would you measure the rate of an...Ch. 13 - * 13.143 For a reaction done on the ton scale,...Ch. 13 - 13.44 Can we use molality instead of molarity in...
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