How much heat must be added to a 35-g sample of beryllium to increase its temperature by 250.0°C? The specific heat capacity for aluminum is 1.825 J/g°C. (3T)
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.
Solve the following problems using the G.R.A.S.P. method.
- How much heat must be added to a 35-g sample of beryllium to increase its temperature by 250.0°C? The specific heat capacity for aluminum is 1.825 J/g°C. (3T)
- A solid substance has a mass of 150 grams. It is cooled from 25°C to 5°C and loses 8.675 kJ of heat. What is the specific heat capacity of the substance? (3T)
- A 15.0 g sample of ethanol in an alcohol burner, is used as fuel to heat up 2.0 L of coffee from 22.3°C to 80.6°C.
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