CO (g) + 2 O₂ (g) → CO₂ (g) a) For this gas phase reaction, determine (i) ArxnH (in kJ/mole) and (ii) ArxnS (in J/mol-K) at 298 K per mole of CO. b) The temperature-dependence of the enthalpies of the three reaction species can be found using data gathered at the NIST Webbook site under the heading "Gas phase thermochemistry data- Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)". Use the formula for HⓇ and coefficients given there to determine what ArxnH would be (in kJ/mol) at 400 K. c) Spectroscopic studies of diatomic molecules can provide insight into the bond strengths of those molecules. They indicate that the bond energy of O₂ is 498.34 kJ/mol, and that of CO is 1072 kJ/mol. We can approximate the enthalpy of a reaction as being equivalent to the energy required to break bonds among the reactants minus the energy recovered when new bonds are made. What value would this approximation imply for the average strength (in kJ/mole) of each of the two C-O bonds in CO2?
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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