Regents Chemistry Test Preparation Practice

    Lechateliers Principle

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    Base your answers to questions 9 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    Nitrogen dioxide, NO2, is a dark brown gas that is used to make nitric acid and to bleach flour. Nitrogen dioxide has a boiling point of 294 K at 101.3 kPa. In a rigid cylinder with a movable piston, nitrogen dioxide can be in equilibrium with colorless dinitrogen tetroxide, N2O4. This equilibrium is represented by the equation below.

    2NO2(g) ⇌ N2O4(g) + 58 kJ

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    Base your answers to questions 10 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    An equilibrium system in a sealed, rigid container is represented by the equation below.

    CO(g) + H2O(g) ⇌ CO2(g) + H2(g)

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    Base your answers to questions 11 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    Stamping an identification number into the steel frame of a bicycle compresses the crystal structure of the metal. If the number is filed off, there are scientific ways to reveal the number.

    One method is to apply aqueous copper(II) chloride to the number area. The Cu2+ ions react with some iron atoms in the steel frame, producing copper atoms that show the pattern of the number. The ionic equation below represents this reaction.

    Fe(s) + Cu2+(aq) → Fe2+(aq) + Cu(s)

    Another method is to apply hydrochloric acid to the number area. The acid reacts with the iron, producing bubbles of hydrogen gas. The bubbles form faster where the metal was compressed, so the number becomes visible. The equation below represents this reaction.

    2HCl(aq) + Fe(s) → FeCl2(aq) + H2(g)

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    Base your answers to questions 12 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    The equation below represents an equilibrium system of SO2(g), O2(g), and SO3(g). The reaction can be catalyzed by vanadium or platinum.

    2SO2(g) + O2(g) ⇌ 2SO3(g) + energy

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    Base your answers to questions 13 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    A student makes an aqueous solution of lactic acid. A formula for one form of lactic acid is shown below.

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    The solution is placed in a sealed flask to be used in a laboratory investigation. The equation below represents the lactic acid equilibrium system in the flask.

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    Base your answers to questions 14 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry.

    Common household bleach is an aqueous solution containing hypochlorite ions. A closed container of bleach is an equilibrium system represented by the equation below.

    Cl2(g) + 2OH(aq) ⇌ ClO(aq) + Cl(aq) + H2O(ℓ)

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    Base your answers to questions 15 on the information below.

    Several steps are involved in the industrial production of sulfuric acid. One step involves the oxidation of sulfur dioxide gas to form sulfur trioxide gas. A catalyst is used to increase the rate of production of sulfur trioxide gas. In a rigid cylinder with a movable piston, this reaction reaches equilibrium, as represented by the equation below.

    2SO2(g) + O2(g) ⇌ 2SO3(g) + 392 kJ

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