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1.

A container is filled with a gas at 10 atm with molar volume 1 liter/mole, if B = – 0.053 liter/mole, C = 0.0026 liter2/mole2, what is the temperature of gas? (Use virial equation, neglect higher terms)

A. 128.2 K
B. 156.9 K
C. 198.5 K
D. 243.6 K
Answer» B. 156.9 K
2.

Pressure of a gas at 127oC is 10 mm Hg and the pressure at 527oC is 20 Pa, what is the value of B?

A. 225.1
B. 365.5
C. 499.2
D. 554.5
Answer» E.
3.

A material's mass is given by the equation, m = 32P0.02/T0.5, where T is in Kelvin, m is in Kg and P is in mm Hg, what is the mass of material at 127oC, use A = 10, B = 6 X 103 and C = 0?

A. 1.44 Kg
B. 1.69 Kg
C. 1.96 Kg
D. 2.25 Kg
Answer» B. 1.69 Kg
4.

What is the unit of 'b' in Peng Robinson equation?

A. Liter/mole
B. Liter2/mole2
C. Mole/Liter
D. Mole2/Liter2
Answer» B. Liter2/mole2
5.

What is the unit of ? in the SRK equation?

A. Liter/mole
B. Mole/Liter
C. Atm(liter/mole)
D. It is dimensionless
Answer» E.
6.

What is the pressure of a gas at T = 227oC, it is given that A = 5, B = 4 X 104 and C = 0 if T is in kelvin and p in mm Hg?

A. 0.024 mm Hg
B. 0.049 mm Hg
C. 0.075 mm Hg
D. 0.096 mm Hg
Answer» C. 0.075 mm Hg
7.

If the pressure of a gas at 27oC is 15 mm Hg, what will be its pressure at 127oC, use B = 5 X 103, C = 0, T is in kelvin and P is in mm Hg?

A. 579 mm Hg
B. 775 mm Hg
C. 961 mm Hg
D. 999 mm Hg
Answer» D. 999 mm Hg
8.

What is the pressure of CO2 at 0oC, molar volume = 4 liter/mole, if B = – 0.053 liter/mole, C = 0.0026 liter2/mole2? (Use virial equation, neglect higher terms)

A. 2.4 atm
B. 4.1 atm
C. 5.5 atm
D. 6.9 atm
Answer» D. 6.9 atm
9.

What is the unit of 'a' in RK equation?

A. Liter/mole
B. Atm(liter/mole)
C. Atm(liter/mole)K0.5
D. Atm(liter/mole)K
Answer» D. Atm(liter/mole)K
10.

A container has H2 at 27oC and molar volume 1 liter/mole, if a = 9.24 atm(liter/mole), b = 0.0907 liter/mole, what is the temperature of H2? (Use vander waal equation)

A. 7.5 atm
B. 12.4 atm
C. 15.6 atm
D. 17.8 atm
Answer» E.
11.

A container has O2 at 5 atm and molar volume 2 liter/mole, if a = 9.24 atm(liter/mole), b = 0.0907 liter/mole, what is the temperature of O2? (Use vander waal equation)

A. 140 K
B. 150 K
C. 170 K
D. 190 K
Answer» D. 190 K
12.

At triple point, vapor pressure of ice is given by ln p* = 18 - 2560/T, and vapor pressure of water is given by ln p* = 28 - 5120/T, what is the temperature at triple point?

A. 225 K
B. 256 K
C. 320 K
D. 400 K
Answer» C. 320 K
13.

What is the pressure of CO2 at 325 K, if it is given that pressure at 330 K is 6 Pa, and pressure at 320 K is 4 Pa?

A. 4.5 Pa
B. 5 Pa
C. 5.5 Pa
D. 6 Pa
Answer» C. 5.5 Pa
14.

The vapor pressure of a compound in a liquid phase is given by ln p* = 21 - 2800/T, and in solid phase it is given by ln p* = 28 - 3500/T, what is the sublimation temperature of the compound?

A. 100 K
B. 120 K
C. 150 K
D. 200 K
Answer» B. 120 K
15.

Temperature of SO2 at 5 Pa is 395 K and at 10 Pa temperature is 420 K, what is the temperature at 6 Pa?

A. 400 K
B. 405 K
C. 410 K
D. 415 K
Answer» B. 405 K
16.

The vapor pressure of liquid benzene is given by ln p* = 15 - 1280/T, and that of vapor benzene is given by ln p* = 23 - 2560/T, what is the boiling point of benzene?

A. 160 K
B. 200 K
C. 240 K
D. 300 K
Answer» B. 200 K
17.

For CaOCl2, the rate of evaporation is given by W = 325p0.5M/T1.5 g/liter, where T is in K, p in mm Hg, and M is molecular weight, if its pressure is given by ln p* = 25 - 2700/T, what is the evaporation rate at T = 150 K?

A. 256 g/liter
B. 499 g/liter
C. 571 g/liter
D. 744 g/liter
Answer» E.
18.

A vessel contains air and vapor H2O, if the partial pressure of vapor H2O is 4 atm and pressure of air is 1 atm, what is the fraction of vapor H2O in vessel?

A. 0.25
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 0.8
Answer» D. 0.8
19.

Ethanol is burnt with required amount of O2 at atmospheric pressure, the conversion of ethanol is 100%, what is the pressure at due point?

A. 0.2 atm
B. 0.4 atm
C. 0.6 atm
D. 0.8 atm
Answer» D. 0.8 atm
20.

10 KPa of water vapor at 27oC is saturated with air in a system, what is the mole fraction of air?

A. 0.21
B. 0.46
C. 0.79
D. 0.91
Answer» E.
21.

A container has vapor H2O with partial pressure 9 atm, what is fraction of air in the vessel?

A. 0.1
B. 0.4
C. 0.7
D. 0.9
Answer» B. 0.4
22.

CH4 is burnt with 100% excess O2 at atmospheric pressure, if CH4 conversion is 100%, what is the pressure at dew point?

A. 0.2 atm
B. 0.4 atm
C. 0.6 atm
D. 0.8 atm
Answer» C. 0.6 atm
23.

Ethane is burnt with 20% excess O2 at 2 atm, conversion rate of ethane is 50%, what is the pressure at due point?

A. 0.45 atm
B. 0.75 atm
C. 0.9 atm
D. 1 atm
Answer» D. 1 atm
24.

100 KPa of water vapor at 27oC is saturated with air in a system, what is the mole fraction of air?

A. 0.23
B. 0.306
C. 0.425
D. 0.503
Answer» E.
25.

The partial pressure of a system at 49oC is 125 mm Hg and saturated ammonia vapor has partial pressure 20 mm Hg at 49oC, what is the fraction of ammonia vapor in the system?

A. 0.04
B. 0.08
C. 0.16
D. 0.24
Answer» D. 0.24
26.

What is the fraction of water vapor at 27oC and 1 atm, if the fraction of water vapor at 127oC and 1 atm is 0.8?

A. 0.2
B. 0.4
C. 0.6
D. 0.8
Answer» D. 0.8
27.

A process is carried out for the feed mixture of 80% air and 20% CO2, the compressor recovered 50% of CO2, what is the exit pressure of the compressor, if the partial pressure of CO2 is 15 mm Hg?

A. 135 mm Hg
B. 145 mm Hg
C. 175 mm Hg
D. 200 mm Hg
Answer» B. 145 mm Hg
28.

A process is carried out for the feed mixture of 40% air and 60% oxygen, the compressor recovered 2% of oxygen, what is the exit pressure of the compressor, if the partial pressure of oxygen vapor is 5 mm Hg?

A. 2.4 mm Hg
B. 4.8 mm Hg
C. 6.5 mm Hg
D. 8.4 mm Hg
Answer» B. 4.8 mm Hg
29.

A process is carried out for the feed mixture of 50% air and 50% methane vapor, the compressor recovered 20% of methane, what is the exit pressure of the compressor, if the partial pressure of methane vapor is 25 mm Hg?

A. 56.3 mm Hg
B. 78.9 mm Hg
C. 92.1 mm Hg
D. 98.7 mm Hg
Answer» B. 78.9 mm Hg
30.

If the fraction of water vapor at 27oC and 5 atm is 0.5, then what is the fraction of water vapor at 27oC and 1 atm?

A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.5
D. 0.8
Answer» B. 0.2