A quantity of 100ml of 0.500 M HCL was mixed with 50mL of 0.500 M NaOH in a constant-pressure calirometer of neglible heat capacity. The initital temperature of the HCL and NaOH solutions was the same, 20 degrees celsius, and the final temperature of the mixed solution was 22.3 degrees celsius. Specified heat of water: 4.184 j/ (g degrees celsius). Be sure to include all units. a) Balance the chemical reaction. b) Calculate the heat change for the neutralization reaction on a molar basis. c) Is this an exothermic or endothermic reaction? Why?
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.
A quantity of 100ml of 0.500 M HCL was mixed with 50mL of 0.500 M NaOH in a constant-pressure calirometer of neglible heat capacity. The initital temperature of the HCL and NaOH solutions was the same, 20 degrees celsius, and the final temperature of the mixed solution was 22.3 degrees celsius. Specified heat of water: 4.184 j/ (g degrees celsius). Be sure to include all units.
a) Balance the
b) Calculate the heat change for the neutralization reaction on a molar basis.
c) Is this an exothermic or endothermic reaction? Why?
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