Holand Morris Calorimetry Lab: Exchanging Energy Background: When 2 materials (at different temperatures) come in contact, there is a movement of energy from one to the other. The warmer object will lose energy and the cooler m terial wil gain that energy As a result, they will reach the same temperature (called equilbrium) ince the TOTAL energy of the system has not changed, we can use our understanding of calorimetry to find the starting temperature of the hot object (using Q=mcAT) Research Question: If we are not able to directly measure the temperature of a hot object, can we use the conservation of energy to calculate the temperature when some of its heat is exchanged with an initially cooler object? Hypothesis:
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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