In an industrial process, a solid reactant is used as 12 identical cuboid pellets. Each pellet measures 2.0 cm×1.0 cm×0.50 cm2.0\ \text{cm} \times 1.0\ \text{cm} \times 0.50\ \text{cm}2.0 cm×1.0 cm×0.50 cm. All the surfaces of each pellet are exposed to the other reactant.
Calculate the total surface area of the 12 pellets.
127 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Chemistry 6.1 Rate of reaction, covering 6.1.1a Calculating rates of reactions, 6.1.1b Gradient of a tangent as rate, 6.1.2 Factors which affect the rates of chemical reactions, 6.1.3 Collision theory and activation energy, and 6.1.4 Catalysts. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.