Additional Homework Problems

Temperature Effects
  1. CDP3-AB Data on the tenebrionid beetle whose body mass is 3.3g shows it can push a 35g ball of dung at 6.5 cm/s at 27 C, 13 cm/s at 37 C and 18 cm/s at 40 C. How fast can it push at 41.5 C (Heinrich, B., The Hot-Blooded Insects. Harvard Press, Cambridge, 1993). (Solution Included)
  2. CDP3-BB Use the Polanyi-Semenov equation to estimate activation energies. [3rd Ed. P3-20]
  3. CDP3-CB Given the irreversible rate law at low temperature, write the reversible rate law at high temperature. [3rd Ed. P3-10]
Stoichiometry
  1. CDP3-DA Set up the stoichiometric table for

    4NH3 + 5O2 4NO + 6H2O

    in terms of molar flow rates

    [Solution] [3rd Ed. P3-13]

  2. CDP3-EB Set up a stoichiometric table for the reaction:

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    (Solution Included)

  3. CDP3-FB The elementary reaction A(g) + B(l) C(g) takes place in a square duct containing liquid B, which evaporates into the gas reacting with A. [2nd Ed. P3-20]
Reactions with Phase Change
  1. CDP3-GB Silicon is used in the manufacture of microelectronic devices. Set up a stoichiometric table for the reaction:

    SiHCl3(g) + H2(g)Si(s) + HCl(g) + SixHgClz(g)

    (Solution Included) [2nd Ed. P3-16(a)]

  2. CDP3-HB Reactions with Condensation between chlorine and methane. [3rd Ed. P3-21]
  3. CDP3-IB Reactions with condensation

    C2H6(g) + 2Br(g) C2H4Br2(l,g) + 2HBr(g)

    [3rd Ed. P3-22]
  4. CDP3-JB Chemical vapor deposition

    3SiH4(g) + 4NH3(g) Si3N4(s) + 12H2(g)

    [3rd Ed. P3-23]

  5. CDP3-KB Condensation occurs in the gas phase reaction:

    CH4(g) + 2Cl2(g) CH2Cl2(g,l) + 2HCl(g)

    [2nd Ed. P3-17]

New Problems on the Web
  1. CDP3-New From time to time new problems relating Chapter 3 material to everyday interests or emerging technologies will be placed on the web. Solutions to these problems can be obtained by e-mailing the author.