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 Use standard enthalpies of formation from the table below to calculate the standard enthalpy change for this reaction.
Species AƒH° (kJ/mol)
NH3(g)
-45.90
NO(g)
+90.29
H₂O(g) -241.83
Standard enthalpy change = -906.22
The standard molar enthalpy of formation is the enthalpy change for the formation of 1 mol of a compound directly from its component elements in their
standard states.
The enthalpy change for the reaction:
4 NH3(g) + 5 O₂ (g) → 4 NO(g) + 6 H₂O(g)
^ƒH˚(kJ/mol) -45.90
0
+90.29
-241.83
ΔΗ°
=
[(4
(4 mol) +90.29
(+9
-[(4 mol) (
kJ/mol-rxn
-45.90
kJ
mol
kJ
mol
−(−183.60 kJ) = −906.22 kJ/mol-rxn
KJ
+ (6 mol) | −241.83
+ (5 mol)(0)
(0)]
Correct
kJ
5)]-
mol
-
=
= (-1089.82 kJ) –
b How much energy is evolved or absorbed as heat in the oxidation of 12.0 g of NH3 ?
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