2020 P1 Q13 - Determine Initial H2O2 Concentration for First Order Reaction
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We are required to determine initial concentration of the hydrogen peroxide solution.
Since the reaction has a constant half life of 40 minutes, we know that the reaction is first order with respect to hydrogen peroxide.
Let's break this down into 3 main steps.
1. Deduce Number of Half Lifes
Since time taken was 120 minutes, 3 half lifes of 40 minutes each have passed.
At the end of the third half life, 12.5% of reactants is left and 87.5% of products is formed.
2. Determine Volume of O2 at End of Reaction
87.5% of products corresponds to 6.00 dm3 of O2.
Hence 100% of products will correspond to 6.857 dm3 of O2.
Therefore the maximum volume of O2 formed is 6.857 dm3.
3. Determine Concentration of H2O2
We can find the amount of O2 formed at rtp to be 0.2857 moles.
This means the amount of H2O2 reacted is 0.5714 moles.
We can finally calculate the concentration of H2O2 at 2.857 mol dm-3 or 2.9 mol dm-3 (rounded off to 2 significant figures).
Hence the answer to this question will be option D.
Topic: Kinetics, Physical Chemistry, A Level Chemistry, Singapore
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