Che day 1 Questions

1. Product when ethanoyl chloride reacted with propanol

Ethanoyl chloride reacts instantly with cold ethanol. There is a very exothermic reaction in which a steamy acidic
gas is given off (hydrogen chloride). Ethyl ethanoate (an ester) is formed.

2. Balancing C2H5SH + O2 =CO2 + H2O + SO2

3. Dodecane no,yes,yes, liquid, less dense

Is it soluble in water?
Is it soluble in hexane?
Is it combustible?
Is it solid,liquid or gas at atmospheric condition?
Is it denser than water?

4. A tank is half filled with water, if N2= 1.02 moles and H2O= 1.02moles. what happens to the N2 when dissolved
in water? ( increase, decrease, remains the same, none of these)
5. Given 1mol of gas A at 1 bar and 1mol of gas B at 2bar. If the membrane separating the two gases mixtures is
removed, find the entropy change
6. Given 1 mol of glacial acetic acid freeze in an ice bath. If Hf acid= 11.2 kJ/mol and Hf ice= 6.02kJ/mol, calculate
the entropy change of the acid, change in enthalpy in ice bath total change in entropy if Hf=237lJ/mol and 532
kj/mol for methane ang propane
7. Which has the ff higher heat of combustion on a gram per gram basis
8. Freezing point depression
9. Boiling point elevation
10. Center of an atom
11. Evaluate the given structural formulas(paraffin)
12. Given density of sulfuric acid determine its molarity
13. Given NH4OH solution initially at 30mL diluted to 400mL then titrated with HCl. Compute pH
At the start
At the equiv point
After addition of 40m HCl
14. What is the pressure generated by placing 0.6kg of chlorine gas in a 15Lvessel at 23C?
15. Carnot efficiency
16. BOD calculation
17. Gibbs-helmholtz relationship
18. Growth rate of bacteria in a vessel
19. Nuclear chemistry calculations
 20. Given lead metal, melting point, cp, Hv, and mass of metal. Find the heat needed to melt all metal
21. Reaction of N2O4 to 2NO2. MW is 61.22. find E and K
22. mL volume of 1mol ethanol
23. convert 98F to K
24. heat reaction
25. proton and electron, coulombs law
26. some molecule to another molecule formed by fischer projection,what are the reactants and products
27. titration of Fe to MnO4,C2O4 and AsO3
28. buffer solution of chloroacetic acid: acid is 0.43 M, base is 1.3M in 218.2mL,and addition of 50.1mL of 0.21M
NaOH
29. pond of 20,000m3, 25,000mg/m3 and diluted to 500 mg/m3, how much water must be added?
30. First order kinetics 16mg/L at the start, after 3 days
31. pH of rainwater given ammonia, HCl, sulfuric acid, and nitric acid concentration
32. SO2 emission calculation
33. Power output of a dam
34. Bioaccumulation factor calculation
35. Peptide bonds
36. The concentration of ketone bodies in the blood of a healthy humans is approximately 0.01mM/L. however, in
diabetic patients, this concentration increases to as much as 500 times. In the case when the ketone
concentration is increased a hundred fold, determine what basic chemical reaction occurs.
37. Otto Cycle: Find thermal efficiency, MEP. Substance is Air.
38. Given Fe3+, find the pH.
39. Delta H vaporization problem.
40. Vanadium Oxide problem, find the mass formed
41. Given %Sn and %), find the empirical formula. Ans: SnO2
42. What can you sacrifice to protect iron from corrosion? (Possible answers derived from activity series)
43. H2SO4 + Fe2SO4 + KMNO4 -> (predict the reactions and balance; answers were the coefficients)
44. What is Arrhenius base and acid equilibrium?
- 0.01 M with pK 1.8
- 0.1 M of weak acid and 0.01 M of the same acid
- D) 0.1 M of acid and 0.1 M of base

45. A problem using “Dalton’s partial pressure” equation

46. Electrochemistry: Given reactions, which one is galvanic?
47. Electrochemistry: Faraday problem, Q = It
48. Thermochemistry: 15.1 g of ice and 15.1 g of solid ethanol, what is the heat of melting? Choices are in cal/g.
49. Thermochemistry: 2000 calories; how many percent of heat given temperature change from 37 to 20 degrees
Celsius of a 70 kg person; cp of person is given. Answer is 50%
50. Given a balloon, change in temperature at same pressure would involve increase in volume. Answer is Charles’
Law.
51. Problems on oxygen requirement.
52. Two problems on BOD requirement.
53. A question revolving on hydrolysis of enzymes.
54. A question involving ATP.
55. A question involving “hydrogen” and adenine/uracil.
56. Zoological question on why trouts like to live in cold water. One of the choices was that “Scales are thick”, but
this is not the answer.
57. What is the unit of avogadro’s number? (atoms/mol)
58. Which of the following involves a chemical reaction?
o Reaction of nonmetals
 o Oxidation-Reduction
59. Definition of “zeroth law of thermodynamics”
60. Problem on Michaelis-Menten definition
61. Similarities between malic acid and citric acid.
o Hydrolytic acids
o Acetates
62. A question on “cyclohexane” and its structure
63. A question on “oxalic acid” and about its “diprotic” nature.
64. Concentration problem with “Laguna Lake” and the parameters “10,000 mg/L with H2O2”
65. Simple pV=nRT problem
66. How many grams of NaCl in a 200 mls (?) water solution to produce 5% NaCl? Another question was given but
the requirement this time was 10% NaCl.
67. What is the purpose of genetic engineering and biochemical engineering?
68. A lot of questions on solving molarity and normality (neutralization, pH)
69. A problem involving the “PNR” and “herbicide/pesticide”
70. A problem on Kinetics (CSTR)
71. Three questions on naming (Organic Chemistry)
72. Problems on Thermochemistry, ex. Hess’ Law, calorimetry, finding Heats of reaction
73. Molecular weight of sucrose (came out twice)
74. Problems on gravimetric analysis
75. Calculation of Kp and Kc (equilibrium constants)
76. Problems in Environmental Engineering (formulas to use are given, but there are a lot of typographical errors)
77. Problems on radioactive decay
78. Concept behind Carbon Dating ( constant ratio of C14 to C12 during a living thing’s lifespan)
79. Problems on Balancing Chemical Equations
80. pH of rainwater, given concentrations of H2SO4, HNO3, NH3, HCl, in mg/L (2 problems on this)
81. Temperature conversion K to C and K to F
82. Calculating potential energy and power supplied by a hydroelectric power plant (formulas are given)
83. Calculating Empirical Formula and Molecular Formula of compounds given percentage by mass of constituent
elements.
84. Problem on Otto Cycle
85. Situational problems, asking what a Chemical Engineer should do in a given situation
86. Definition of Bronsted-Lowry acids and bases
87. It is the trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the
atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet’s surface. Ans:
Greenhouse effect
88. Two problems about atomic distance; a formula was given but subscripts were all
over the place: It looked something like this: π(x) = 4Ɛ (σ^12- σ^6)
89. Five questions on change in enthalpy Note: These involve combination and formation
90. What is the atomic weight of magnesium given isotopes? Ans: 24.305 g/mol
91. What is the reaction of deacetylation of histidine? Ans: Histidine contains an acetyl group (RCOCH3), so the
reaction would involve the product losing its acetyl group.
92. Which of the following is polar or non-polar? o C-C, O-H, C=C, N-H Ans: Non-polar, Polar, Non-Polar, Polar
93. Which of the following is reactive or nonreactive? o C-C, O-H, C=C, N-H Ans: Non-Reactive, Reactive, Reactive,
Reactive
94. Waste treatment problem involving material balance of 747 bags, but 1 had been taken by a dog. What is the
efficiency of the unit? Ans: 99.8% Note: Do not consider the dog.
95. There were redox questions that were conceptual-based, around five (5).
96. Which of the following amino acids has a pH between 2 and 7? Ans: Lysine, Histidine
97. One question on Bronsted-Lowry Acid and Arrhenius Acid
98. Tank Problem: 25,000 m3 capacity with salt content. The ppm of the China sea whereyour water would be
poured is [something] ppm. Find the flow rate after 1 year where final product is 500 mg/L.
 99. Thermodynamics problem: n1 = 0.33; heat from total coal = 25,700 EJ where 1EJ = 1x10^12 MJ; n2 = 0.40. How
many years until coal will be depleted?
100. Five questions on empirical weight/formula weight.
101. Analytical Chemistry (5 questions)
102. One particular question involved finding the pH of rain containing the following: H2SO4, HNO3, HCl, and
NH3
103. Organic Chemistry (quite a few)
o Example: CH3CH2CH2OH and CH3CH2CH2NH2 mixture. Add HCl until pH = 2, what are the substances formed?
104. Problem on barrels of petroleum conversion
105. Nuclear Chemistry (2 questions)
106. Thermodynamics (4 questions)
107. Problem on CSTR
o You are given H/D of the tank to be 0.75; find the tank volume.
108. Calorimetry problem
109. Which of the following is the best in absorbing light? Cr, O, etc.
110. Given NH2, what is the angle to consider without the unpaired electrons?
111. Given %Mg, find the molecular weight of cellulose. (Check Table 2-2, answer is 854 amu)
112. Given %N, find the molecular weight of glycine. (Check Table 2-2, answer is 75 amu)
113. Question on selecting which of the following statements is correct. Correct statement was “Positive ions
are smaller than their neutral counterparts and negative ions are larger than their neutral counterparts.” This
came out twice.
114. Mercury Chloride analyses (2 problems)
115. Find hardness (2 problems)
116. Henderson Hasselbalch Problem (NaOH-HAc Analysis; given 0.6M of HAc and 0.1 moles of NaOH in 1 L
buffer, find the pH; ka is given)
117. Kjeldahl Analysis (information is lacking)
118. Nuclear Chemistry Reactions (3) balancing
119. Nuclear Chemistry – Radioactive Decay, first order
120. A question on the shroud of Christ and what the update is regarding the issue. Answer is that the cloth
isn’t Christ’s (as per recent findings on the issue)
121. Find the molecular formula given %Ca, %P, %O. Substance is used in dental applications. The answer is
Ca2P2O7.
122. What are the charges on glycine? The drawing was so horrible but the charges on glycine are N+ and O-.
123. What defines a protein? Choices were more or less than 51 amino units or more or less than 10,000
amu.
124. Definition of molar (This one was VERY confusing)
125. What degree of alcohol is present? Primary, secondary, or tertiary? This would’ve been answered easily
had the structures been drawn properly. Some of the methyl groups were placed on the wrong carbon, so the fix
is to redraw the structures by taking into consideration valence rules.
126. Given ethane combustion, find the moles of product.
127. If you mix NaOH with an acid (I forgot), by how many degrees will the solution temp rise (2-3 problems)
128. Given uric acid concentration and serum volume, find the grams of uric acid. Simple dimensional
analysis
129. Given testosterone concentration and serum volume, find the mg. (Dimensional analysis)
130. A problem on environmental bioaccumulation which involves a given rate. Dimensional analysis
131. BOD problem that was very strenuous to analyse
132. Environmental Problem involving the Reaeration rate (also very confusing)
133. Carbon + O2 -> CO2, find the moles of CO2 produced
134. Given H+ and OH-, find the set of pH values
135. If pka of a given substance if provided, what is the range where it would have its end point or
something. Pka +/- 1
136. Something about protecting iron from corrosion
137. Given the reaction: FeSO4 + KMnO4 + H2SO4 -> Fe2SO4 + MnSO4 + K2SO4 + H2O, balance. The answer
is 10, 2, 8, 5, 2, 1, 8. Notice that Fe2SO4 is missing a subscript. Just make sure to check for proper format
because if you did not check that Fe2SO4 should’ve been Fe2(SO4)3 then the reaction could not be balanced.
138. At what distance must oxygen travel to collide with Argon atom?
139. Given Zn, find H+, and given Zn+2, find H2 (no reaction given but I assumed it to be Zn + 2H+ -> Zn+2 +
H2)
140. Laguna lake is found to have 100mg/L CO3-2 find the maximum concentration of Ca+2 ion?
141. Given: 30microA and 40s, how many electrons passed through the cathode ray tube?
142. How many Mn2O4 can be produced in grams, ounce, and mole from 1 g of Mn2O2?
143. Mn metal is produced from ore containing 29.5% Mn(OH)2, if 1 ton of metal is to be produced, how
much ore is needed?
144. 2 moles of CO2, compute the work using van der waals equation, compare it with work done on a 2
moles of ideal gas at constant T=301k if the gas allowed to expand from 1L to 4L
145. Given 0.342mol PCl5 dissolved in PCl3 and Cl2 with 0.243N2 in 1L V=2.05% find the constant k?
146. Moles of chlorine dioxide that can be formed from a given mass of sodium hypochlorite?
147. An experimental jeepney running Makati on 12V at 20m/s has a total energy storage 2x10^7 J. if 8 kW is
needed to move the vehicle, what is the quantity of energy supplied to the motor and how far will it travel?
500A, 35km
814A, 60km
960A, 71km
667A, 50km
148. If high octane gasoline with a density of 0.71g/mL is used by a BMW on NLEX to Tarlac 125 miles away
and a gas mileage of 19.75 miles/gallon, estimate the quantity in kilos of CO2 produced
67kg
81kg
77kg
52kg

149. Determine the value of the rate constant at 410K for a reaction with a rate constant of 3.101x10^1sec^-
1 at 430K and an activation energy of 86.52kJ/mol
10.31x10^-1
9.54x10^0
8.65x10^-2
8.33x10^-3
150. Balancing: C6H12O6 + O2 = CO2 + H2O
3,6,12,6
1,6,6,6
2,12,6,2
1,12,6,2
151. 1 min disintegration of Radon-226, half-life is 1400 years
152. What is the most polar of the ff functional groups (R-OH, R-NH3, R-COOH, C triple bond C and C-C)
153. What happen to the enthalpy of the real gases when it is throttled at constant temperature
154. Heat of reaction when ethyne is hydrogenated to ethane
155. Balancing: Ca(OH)2 + HCl = CaCl2 + H2O
156. What is the danger in using pure methane as a household fuel for heating and cooking?
157. Determine the equilibrium concentration of iron ion in water if [OH]^-= 1^-1x10^-7 M at 25C and the
equilibrium constant for the solubility reaction of iron hydroxide is 2x10^-39 at 25C?
158. If the cosmic radiation discovered by two Nobel Prize winners in 1965 has a perfect black body spectrum
with a temperature of 3.01K, at what wavelength is the most intense radiation? in what range of
electromagnetic radiation does this wavelength fall?
159.