The amount of heat (q) gained or lost by a substance (with mass m) as its temperature changes (ΔT) depends on its specific heat capacity (Cp) according to the following equation. q = Cp ✕ m ✕ ΔT The quality of industrial diamonds is determined in part by measuring the specific heat capacity, which is 0.5091 J/g·K for pure diamond. If the absorption of 26.06 J of heat by a 2.10 g diamond sample of unknown purity causes its temperature to rise from 25.90°C to 73.45°C, is the diamond sample pure? Explain your reasoning. The calculated Cp is ____________________ J/g·K and the value for pure diamond is 0.5091 J/g·K. These values are (fairly close or equal/significantly different) , thus the sample (is/is not) pure.
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.
The amount of heat (q) gained or lost by a substance (with mass m) as its temperature changes (ΔT) depends on its specific heat capacity (Cp) according to the following equation.
The quality of industrial diamonds is determined in part by measuring the specific heat capacity, which is 0.5091 J/g·K for pure diamond. If the absorption of 26.06 J of heat by a 2.10 g diamond sample of unknown purity causes its temperature to rise from 25.90°C to 73.45°C, is the diamond sample pure? Explain your reasoning.
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