Enthalpy Changes
Chemistry ⇒ Thermochemistry and Energetics
Enthalpy Changes starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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A reaction has \Delta H = +150\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}. Is the reaction endothermic or exothermic?
A reaction has \Delta H = -250\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}. Will the temperature of the surroundings increase or decrease?
A student mixes 50.0 g of water at 25°C with a salt, causing the temperature to drop to 20°C. Is the dissolution process endothermic or exothermic?
Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction: 2\mathrm{H}_2(g) + \mathrm{O}_2(g) \rightarrow 2\mathrm{H}_2\mathrm{O}(l), given \Delta H_f^\circ[\mathrm{H}_2\mathrm{O}(l)] = -286\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}.
Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction: \mathrm{C}(s) + \mathrm{O}_2(g) \rightarrow \mathrm{CO}_2(g), given the following data:
\Delta H_f^\circ[\mathrm{CO}_2(g)] = -393.5\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}
Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction: \mathrm{H}_2(g) + \mathrm{Cl}_2(g) \rightarrow 2\mathrm{HCl}(g), given bond enthalpies: H-H = 436\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}, Cl-Cl = 242\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}, H-Cl = 431\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}.
Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction: \mathrm{N}_2(g) + 3\mathrm{H}_2(g) \rightarrow 2\mathrm{NH}_3(g), given \Delta H_f^\circ[\mathrm{NH}_3(g)] = -46\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}.
Calculate the enthalpy change when 2 mol of methane (\mathrm{CH}_4) is burned, given that the standard enthalpy of combustion of methane is -890\ \mathrm{kJ\ mol^{-1}}.
Describe how calorimetry can be used to determine enthalpy changes.
Describe the difference between enthalpy of formation and enthalpy of combustion.
Explain why the enthalpy change of neutralization is always negative.
Explain why the enthalpy of atomization for diatomic gases is half the bond dissociation enthalpy.
Explain why the enthalpy of combustion is always negative.
State Hess's Law.
State the equation relating enthalpy change (ΔH), internal energy change (ΔU), pressure (P), and volume change (ΔV) at constant pressure.
