Early in the morning, when the temperature is 4.5 ∘C∘C, gasoline is pumped into a car's 53-LL steel gas tank until it is filled to the top. Later in the day the temperature rises to 26 ∘C∘C . Since the volume of gasoline increases more for a given temperature increase than the volume of the steel tank, gasoline will spill out of the tank. How much gasoline spills out in this case?
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.
Early in the morning, when the temperature is 4.5 ∘C∘C, gasoline is pumped into a car's 53-LL steel gas tank until it is filled to the top. Later in the day the temperature rises to 26 ∘C∘C . Since the volume of gasoline increases more for a given temperature increase than the volume of the steel tank, gasoline will spill out of the tank.
How much gasoline spills out in this case?
(please be very detailed when showing work since I am trying to understand this concept, Thank you)
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