In a calorimetry experiment at constant pressure, a student reacts 1.25 g of ZnO (81.38 g/mole) with 40.0 g of aqueous HCl solution to produce aqueous zinc chloride and liquid water. The initial temperature of the solution is 21.72 °C and the final temperature is 23.89 °c. Show all of calculations for both (a) and (b). a. Use the temperature change for the reaction (AT), the known specific heat capacity of water (4.184 J/g-°C), and the total mass of solution to calculate the heat change (q) for the solution. b. Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction occurring in this solution (AHreaction) in kJ/mole of Zno.
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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