Chemical Engineering Mcqs

The ‘E’ curve for a non-ideal reactor defines the fraction of fluid having age between t and t + dt _____________________?

• (A)  At the inlet
• (B)  At the outlet
• (C)  In the reactor
• (D)  Averaged over the inlet and outlet

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Molecularity of an elementary reaction, P + Q → R + S is ____________________?

• (A)  1
• (B)  2
• (C)  3
• (D)  4

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Effectiveness factor E. of a catalyst pellet is defined as, E = (actual rate within pore of the catalyst)/(rate if not snowed by pore diffusion), Effectiveness factor for a first order reaction is given by (where, T = Thiele modulus) ___________________?

• (A)  tan hT/T
• (B)  tan T/T
• (C)  tan hT/tan T
• (D)  None of these

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Photo-chemical reactions occur in presence of ___________________?

• (A)  Sunlight
• (B)  Darkness
• (C)  Solid catalysts
• (D)  Monochromatic radiation only

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The conversion of a reactant, undergoing a first order reaction, at a time equal to three times the half life of the reaction is ?

• (A)  0.875
• (B)  0.5
• (C)  0.425
• (D)  Data insufficient to calculate

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The heat of reaction__________________?

• (A)  Depends on the pressure only
• (B)  Depends on the mechanism of reaction only
• (C)  Depends on both pressure and mechanism of reaction
• (D)  Is independent of the mechanism of reaction

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Concentration of the limiting reactant (with initial concentration of a moles/litre) after time t is (a-x). Then ‘t’ for a first order reaction is given by____________________?

• (A)  k. t = ln a/(a – x)
• (B)  k. t = x/a (a – x)
• (C)  k. t = ln (a – x)/a
• (D)  k. t = ln a (a – x)/x

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What is the maximum possible value of FR(mole/sec.) ?

• (A)  1/3
• (B)  1/2
• (C)  2/3
• (D)  2

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A second order reaction of the form A + B → C is called a pseudo-first order reaction, when____________________?

• (A)  CA0 = CB0
• (B)  CA0 > CB0
• (C)  CB0 > CA0
• (D)  CB0 ≥ CB0

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Pure A in gas phase enters a reactor 50% of this A is converted to B through the reaction, A → 3B. Mole fraction of A in the exit stream is______________________?

• (A)  1/2
• (B)  1/3
• (C)  1/4
• (D)  1/5

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