ASSIGNMENT -BASIC CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY
( At. Mass of H=1,P=31,Al=27,O=16,Na=23,Mg=24,Br=80,
S=32,C=12,N=14,Cl=35.5,Ca=40)
1. Find the equivalent masses of
(i)H3PO4 (ii) Al(OH)3 (iii)Al2(SO4)3 (iv) MgBr2 (v)NaH2PO4 ( vi)H3PO3
2. 6.3 g of crystalline oxalic acid(C2H2O4.2H2O) is dissolved in water.
Normality of the solution is 0.01 N. What is the volume of the solution?
3. Oxygen has three isotopes O, O and O. If their relative abundances
are 99.759,0.037and 0.204 respectively, calculate then relative atomic
mass of oxygen
4. Calculate the number of gram atoms, number of gram molecules and
number of molecules in 56 g of N2 ?
5. Calculate the mass of
(i) one atom of silver
(ii) one molecule of benzene (C6H6)
6. 100 cm3 of a centimolar solution of an acid contains 0.098 g of the acid.
Find the molecular mass of the acid?
7. The chemical analysis of an inorganic compound revealed tat it contains
Na=14.31%, S=9.97% and O=69.5% The molecular mass of the
compound is found to be 322amu. If all the hydrogen is present in
combination with oxygen as water of crystallization , find the molecular
formula of the compound.
8. Calculate the mole fraction of water in a mixture of 12 g water, 108 g
acetic acid ( CH3COOH) and 92 g ethanol(C2H5OH).
9. The density of 3 M solution of NaCl is 1.25 g/ml . Calculate the molality
of the solution.
10. A sample of sulphuric acid contains 13% H2SO4 by mass and its
density is 1.02g/ml. Calculate the molality , molarity and normality of
this sample.
11. 15ml of 0.1 M HCl are completely neutralized by 30ml of NaOH
solution. What is the normality of NaOH solution?
12. How much water should be added in 75 ml of 3N HCl so that the
normality of the solution is N/8?
13. 20 g of CaCO3 id treated with 20 g of HCl . How many grams of
CO2 are generated? Which is the limiting agent?
14. 17 g of Ag NO3 is treated with 25 gram HCl. What is the mass of
AgCl formed?
15. 6.54 g of zinc are treated with 11.5 g of H2SO4 . Calculate the
volume of hydrogen evolved at stp. How much H2SO4 will be left in
excess?
16. 1 g of a pure sample of CaCO3 is treated with 50cm3 of M/2 HCl
solution. Calculate the volume of CO2 that will be evolved at STP.
17. One mole of A and one mole of B are made to form A2B3
according to the following equation. Identify the limiting reagent and
calculate the moles of A2B3 formed.
18. 50 g of calcium carbonate (chalk) is decomposed with H2SO4
which is 60% pure by mass . Calculate the mass of H2SO4required.
19. How many grams of chlorine are required to completely react
with 0.65 g of hydrogen to yield hydrogen chloride? Also calculate the
amount of HCl formed.
20. What volume of oxygen at S.T.P is required to completely burn 65
g ethyl alcohol?
21. A solution of HCl is prepared by dissolving 7.3g of hydrogen
chloride gas in 100 cm3 of water. Find the molarity of the solution. If 50
cm3 of this solution is treated with 3.5 g of zinc , what volume of H2
measured at STP will be evolved
