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GATE Chemical Reaction Engineering: Reaction rates and kinetics of homogeneous reactions – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Reaction rates and kinetics of homogeneous reactions (Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chemical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 CH Q64 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An elementary irreversible gas-phase reaction, A B + C, is carried out at fixed temperature and pressure in two separate ideal reactors: (i) a 10 m3…
  2. GATE 2024 CH Q19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The ratio of the activation energy of a chemical reaction to the universal gas constant is 1000 K. The temperature-dependence of the reaction rate…
  3. GATE 2024 CH Q20 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The rate of a reaction A B is 0.2 mol m-3 s-1 at a particular concentration C A1. The rate constant of the reaction at a given temperature is 0.1 m3…
  4. GATE 2026 CH Q31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Consider a homogeneous gas phase reaction, A + 2B 2C + 3D, occurring at constant temperature and pressure in a varying volume batch reactor. The…
  5. GATE 2026 CH Q43 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The reaction rate constants of two reactions follow Arrhenius' law. The activation energies of Reaction 1 and Reaction 2 are E 1 and E 2, respectively…