3.5 g of a hydrocarbon fuel is burned in a vessel that contains 250. grams of water initially at 25.00 C. After the combustion, the temperature of the water is 26.55 C. How much heat is evolved per gram of fuel burned? 1. 73.5 J/g 2. 1105 J/g 3. 26555 J/g 4. 1263 J/g 5. 511 J/g 6. 463 J/g 7. 1764 J/g 8. 143 J/g
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.
3.5 g of a hydrocarbon fuel is burned in a vessel that contains 250. grams of water initially
at 25.00 C. After the combustion, the temperature of the water is 26.55 C. How much heat
is evolved per gram of fuel burned?
1. 73.5 J/g
2. 1105 J/g
3. 26555 J/g
4. 1263 J/g
5. 511 J/g
6. 463 J/g
7. 1764 J/g
8. 143 J/g
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