The enthalpy of the solution of ammonium nitrate was determined by coffee cup calorimetry. a. First, the coffee cup was calibrated. 10.0g of copper (s=0.390J/g•°C) was placed in boiling water to heat it to 100.0°C and then dropped into 50.0g of water (s=4.184J/g•°C) in a coffee cup at 25.00°C. The temperature of the water in the coffee uprose to 26.25°C. Calculate the heat capacity of the coffee cup. b. Next, the experiment was performed using the calibrated coffee cup. 10.0g of solid ammonium nitrate was added to 50.0mL of water in the coffee cup at 25.00°C. The temperature dropped to 13.20°C. Calculate the enthalpy of solution of ammonium nitrate
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 enthalpy of the solution of ammonium nitrate was determined by coffee cup calorimetry.
a. First, the coffee cup was calibrated. 10.0g of copper (s=0.390J/g•°C) was placed in boiling water to heat it to 100.0°C and then dropped into 50.0g of water (s=4.184J/g•°C) in a coffee cup at 25.00°C. The temperature of the water in the coffee uprose to 26.25°C. Calculate the heat capacity of the coffee cup.
b. Next, the experiment was performed using the calibrated coffee cup. 10.0g of solid ammonium nitrate was added to 50.0mL of water in the coffee cup at 25.00°C. The temperature dropped to 13.20°C. Calculate the enthalpy of solution of ammonium nitrate
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