Consider the combustion of butane: 2C4H10(g)+13O2(g)-->8CO2(g)+10H2O(l), ΔHrxn = −2878 kJ/mol How much heat will be released if 425 mL of butane gas at 45°C and 792 mmHg is burned in the reaction above?
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.
Consider the combustion of butane:
2C4H10(g)+13O2(g)-->8CO2(g)+10H2O(l), ΔHrxn = −2878 kJ/mol
How much heat will be released if 425 mL of butane gas at 45°C and 792 mmHg is burned in the reaction above?
For the combustion of butane:
2C4H10(g)+13O2(g)-->8CO2(g)+10H2O(l), ΔHrxn = −2878 kJ/mol
Volume of butane, V=425 mL =425 /1000=0.425 L
Temperature, T= 45°C =45 + 273=318 K
Pressure, P=792 mmHg =792 / 760 atm
Number of moles, n =?
Heat released=?
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