. The chemical responsible for the brown color of photochemical smog is nitrogen dioxide. Nitrogen dioxide is a fairly unstable molecule, that exists in the following equilibrium with colourless dinitrogen tetraoxide: 2 NO2 (g) <---> N₂O4 (9) AH = -57.20 kJ/mole a. A scientist takes an air sample from downtown Toronto during the winter at 0°C, and finds the following equilibrium concentrations: [N₂O4] = 1.8 × 10-v, [NO₂] = 5.59 x 10-D. What is the Keq for this reaction at 0°C? b. During the summer, the same scientist collects another air sample at 25°C and finds the following equilibrium concentrations: [N₂O4] = 4.0 × 10-Y, [NO₂] = 7.78 x 10-⁰. What is the Keq for this reaction at 25°C? C. What do your results from (a) and (b) suggest about when smog would be at its worst? What explains the difference in the equilibrium between summer and winter?
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
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