Methanol can also be combusted in the presence of oxygen in order to release its energy. 10.5 g of methanol was placed in a bomb calorimeter (with a known heat capacity of 0.874 kJK-1), together with 3.25 kg water with an initial temperature of 25.0 'C. After methanol is combusted, what will the temperature of the water be, given that the standard enthalpy of combustion of methanol is = – 715.0 kJ.mol–1?
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.
Methanol can also be combusted in the presence of oxygen in order to release its energy. 10.5 g of methanol
was placed in a bomb calorimeter (with a known heat capacity of 0.874 kJK-1), together with 3.25 kg water
with an initial temperature of 25.0 'C. After methanol is combusted, what will the temperature of the water
be, given that the standard enthalpy of combustion of methanol is = – 715.0 kJ.mol–1?
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