Explain how you can determine the atomic mass of an unknown metal if you know its mass density and the dimensions of a unit cell of its crystal.
Differentiate between molarity and molality values for a solution. What is the effect of change in temperature on molarity and molality values?
Molarity is defined as the number of moles of solute dissolved per litre of solution.
Molality of a solution is defined as the number of moles of solute dissolved in 1000 grams of solvent.
While molarity decreases with an increase in temperature, molality is independent of temperature. This happens because molality involves mass, which does not change with a change in temperature, while molarity involves volume, which is temperature dependent.
The thermal decomposition of HCO2H is a first-order reaction with a rate constant of 2.4 x 10-3 s-1 at a certain temperature. Calculate how long will it take for three-fourths of the initial quantity of HCO2H to decompose.
(log 0.25 = - 0.6021)
What do you understand by the rate law and rate constant of a reaction?
Identify the order of a reaction if the units of its rate constant are:
(i) L-1 mol s-1
(ii) L mol-1 s-1Describe the principle controlling each of the following processes:
(i) Preparation of cast iron form pig iron.
(ii) Preparation of pure alumina (Al2O3) from bauxite ore.