Chemistry I

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DIRECTIONS: Answer the following in the space provided.

2. Elemental substances have a standard enthalpy value of zero .

3. What is the difference between H & H? ∆H represent the ∆H under standard conditions (25C & 1atm) .

4. What is the difference between specific heat and heat capacity? Specific heat is specific to 1gram of a substance .

5. What is the relationship between qsur and qrxn? qrxn = −qsur .

6. Compare and contrast endothermic & exothermic processes. An endothermic process absorbs heat from the
environment as the process occurs and an exothermic process releases heat to the environment as the process occurs.
Endothermic processes have a positive H and exothermic processes have a negative H.

7. Insert the values

joules calories

Specific heat of water 4.184 J/g∙C 1 cal/g∙C

8. Insert the symbols.

Heat q Change in temperature T

9. Describe Hess’s law. The enthalpy change for a reaction is equal to the enthalpy changes of each elementary step in a net
reaction.

D
73kJ
E
56kJ A
Energy  C
30kJ B

Course of reaction →

10. The reaction depicted by this diagram is exothermic / endothermic (circle one).

11. How much energy is present in the activated complex of the reaction shown above? ___73kJ__________________.

12. The activation energy of this reaction is _____17kJ____________________.

13. The energy change (H) in the system is _____−26kJ____________________.

14. The energy of the products in this reaction is ___30kJ__________________.

Revised: 2023-04-26
Chemistry I
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15. Phosphorus trichloride PCl3, is a compound used in the manufacture of pesticides and gasoline additives. How much heat
is required to raise the temperature of 158.7 g of PCl 3 from 39.7oC to 89.9oC, if the specific heat is 0.874 J/goC?
q=? q = mcT
m = 158.7 g
Ti = 39.7 C q = (158.7g)(0.874 J/gC)(50.2C) = 6963 J 6960 J
T = 50.2 C
Tf = 89.9 C
c = 0.874 J/goC
16. A piece of metal with a mass of 45.8 g is heated to 90.0oC and dropped into 40.0 mL of water at 21.0 oC. The final
temperature of the system is 65oC. What is the specific heat of the metal?
a.) First, calculate the heat absorbed by the water.
qw = ? qw = mwcwTw
mw = 40.0 g
Ti(w) = 21.0 C q = (40.0 g)(4.184 J/gC)(44.0C) = 7363 J
Tw = 44.0 C
Tf(w) = 65.0 C
cw = 4.184 J/goC
b.) Since the water gained 7363 J, that heat must have been released by the hot metal. So the q metal may be found by
using the rule that qrxn = −qsur
qmetal = − qw
qmetal = −7363 J
c.) Now, we’ll use this value with the mass of the metal, and temperature change of the metal to determine the specific
heat of the metal.
qmetal = −7363 J qmetal = mmetalcmetalTmetal
Mmetal = 45.8 g
Ti(w) = 90.0 C qmetal −7363 J
Tw = −25.0 C cmetal = cmetal = = 6.430 J/gC
Tf(w) = 65.0 C mmetalTmetal (45.8 g)(Tw = −25.0 C)
cw = ? J/goC
6.43 J/(gC) = cmetal
17. Find the heat released by the formation of 193g of ammonium bromide from ammonia and hydrogen bromide.
NH3 + HBr → NH4Br ; H0= -188kJ
1NH3 + 1HBr → 1NH4Br ; H0= −188kJ
Analyze, rewrite, balance equation
193g ? kJ
193 g NH4Br 1 mol NH4Br −188 kJ
Solve for enthalpy change. x x = −370.46 kJ 370. kJ*
97.943 g NH4Br 1 mol NH4Br

* Since the question asks for the ‘heat released’ instead of ‘change in enthalpy’ the answer can’t be negative, so the
absolute value is taken.
18. How much heat is generated by the reaction of 1.99g of Na 2O2 with water?
2Na2O2 + 2H2O → 4NaOH + O2 ; H0 = -215kJ
2Na2O2 + 2H2O → 4NaOH + O2 ; H0= −215kJ
Analyze, rewrite, balance equation
1.99 g ? kJ
1.99 g Na2O2 1 mol Na2O2 −215kJ
Solve for enthalpy change. x x = −2.7430 kJ 2.74. kJ*
77.978g Na2O2 2 mol Na2O2

* Since the question asks for the ‘heat generated’ instead of ‘change in enthalpy’ the answer can’t be negative, so the
absolute value is taken.

Revised: 2023-04-26