For a bomb calorimeter submerged in water the temperature increases from 25.0°C by 2.5 degrees applying 1 A current of 12 V and heating for 166.25 s. When 0.16 g of benzene, C6H6, is burned in the bomb calorimeter under similar conditions, the temperature of the calorimeter increases by 8.39°C. i) How much heat is produced by the combustion of the benzene sample? ii) Estimate the molar enthalpy of combustion for benzene. (RMM benzene 78.06)
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.
For a bomb calorimeter submerged in water the temperature increases from 25.0°C by 2.5 degrees applying 1 A current of 12 V and heating for 166.25 s. When 0.16 g of benzene, C6H6, is burned in the bomb calorimeter under similar conditions, the temperature of the calorimeter increases by 8.39°C. i) How much heat is produced by the combustion of the benzene sample? ii) Estimate the molar enthalpy of combustion for benzene. (RMM benzene 78.06)
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