q = energy transfer into system by heat flow -w = work done by system may be applied to the actual Calorimeter process, which is assumed to be adiabatic (q = 0). In the present experiment, w, which consists mainly of the work of stirring, can be neglected' and Eq. (2) then becomes AUc = 0 (3) Since the energy Change is independent of path, one has AU = AU, +] CdT (4) Since the temperature change is small, it is usually valid to consider C to be constant, so that the integral becomes equal to C(T2 - T1). One then obtains AUT1= -C(T2 - T1) (5) It may be observed that a temperature rise corresponds to a negative AUT1, that is, to a decrease in energy for the imagined isothermal process. The next step is to calculate AU-° from AUT1. Although the energy is not sensitive to changes in pressure, the correction to standard states, called the Washburn correction, may amount to several tenths of 1 Percent and is important in work of high accuracy.[2b,3b] The principal Washburn correction terms allow for the changes in U associated with (a) changes in pressure, (b) mixing of reactant gases and separating product gases, and (c) dissolving reactant gases in, and extracting product gases from, the water in the bomb. The standard enthalpy change AHT,° may then be calculated. The definition of H leads directly to AHT,° = AUT,° + A(PV) (6)
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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