The gas cyclopropane, C3H6(g), can be used in welding. When cyclopropane is burned in oxygen, the reaction is: 2 C3H6(g) + 9 O₂(g) 6 CO₂(g) + 6 H₂O(g) (a) Using the following data, calculate AH° for this reaction. AH kJ mol-¹: C3H6(g) = 53.3; CO₂(g) = -393.5; H₂O(g) = -241.8 AH° = kj (b) Calculate the total heat capacity of 6 mol of CO₂(g) and 6 mol of H₂O(g), using Cco₂(g) = 37.1 J K-¹ mol-¹ and CH₂O(g) = 33.6 J K-1 mol-1¹. C= JK-¹ (c) When this reaction is carried out in an open flame, almost all the heat produced in part (a) goes to raise the temperature of the products. Assuming that the reactants are at 25°C, calculate the maximum flame temperature that is attainable in an open flame burning cyclopropane in oxygen. The actual flame temperature would be lower than this because heat is lost to the surroundings. Maximum temperature = °℃
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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