In a large building, oil is used in a steam boiler heating system. The combustion of 1.0 lb of oil provides 2.4 x 107 J. a. How many kilograms pf oil are needed to heat 150 kg of water from 22 celsius to 100 celsius? b. How many kilograms of oil is needed to change 150 kg of water to steam at 100 celsius?
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.
In a large building, oil is used in a steam boiler heating system. The combustion of 1.0 lb of oil provides 2.4 x 107 J.
a. How many kilograms pf oil are needed to heat 150 kg of water from 22 celsius to 100 celsius?
b. How many kilograms of oil is needed to change 150 kg of water to steam at 100 celsius?
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