Every gallon of gasoline burned in an internal combustion engine produces 202 mols of CO2 (Mol Wgt 44 g/mol). A 2022 Toyota Prius averages 53 Miles/gallon on the highway. How many pounds-mass of CO2 are emitted by a Toyota Prius after driving 500 miles on the highway?
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.
Every gallon of gasoline burned in an internal combustion engine produces 202 mols of CO2 (Mol Wgt 44 g/mol). A 2022 Toyota Prius averages 53 Miles/gallon on the highway. How many pounds-mass of CO2 are emitted by a Toyota Prius after driving 500 miles on the highway?
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