Hess's Law and the Enthalpy of Combustion of Magnesium Magnesium ribbon burns in air in a highly exothermic combustion reaction. (See equation (1) below.) A very bright flame accompanies the production of magnesium oxide. It is impractical and dangerous to use a simple calorimeter to determine the enthalpy change for this reaction: (1) Mg(s) + O₂(g) → MgO(s) Instead, you will determine the enthalpy changes for two other reactions (equations (2) and (3) below). You will use these enthalpy changes, along with the known enthalpy change for another reaction (equation (4) below), to determine the enthalpy change for the combustion of magnesium. (2) MgO(s) + 2HCl(aq) → MgCh(aq) + H₂O(l) (3) Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) → MgCl₂(aq) + H₂(g) (4) H₂(g) + — O₂(g) → H₂O(Z) + 285.8 kJ Notice that reactions represented in equations (2) and (3) occur in aqueous solution. You can use a simple calorimeter to determine the enthalpy changes for these reactions. Equation (4) represents the formation of water directly from its elements in their standard state. Pre-Lab Questions 1. Explain how Hess's law allows you to determine the enthalpy of a reaction without carrying out the reaction. 2. What type of data do you need in order to use Hess's law?
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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