1) A calorimeter is used to measure the heat released when a sample of sodium hydroxide is dissolved in water. The calorimeter contained 100.0 g of water at an initial temperature of 10.0 °C. When the reaction was finished, the temperature of the water increased to 75.0 °C. a) Determine the amount of heat released or absorbed by the chemical reaction. b) If a substance with a larger specific heat capacity than water was used in the experiment, do you expect the change in temperature to be larger or smaller? Explain.
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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