Methanol is the simplest alcohol used as solvent and fuel. a. Write a balanced chemical reaction for the combustion of alcohol to carbon dioxide and water. (Note: the stoichiometric coefficients must be the smallest possible whole number.) b. Calculate the standard enthalpy of reaction for the combustion of alcohol. c. Calculate the standard enthalpy of reaction when the equation is multiplied by 2. d. Calculate the standard enthalpy of reaction when the equation is multiplied by 1/2. e. What is the standard enthalpy of reaction when the equation is reversed? f. What is the standard enthalpy of reaction value when the product is water vapor instead of water?
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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