Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach
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Chapter 16, Problem 25E
Which of the following processes are spontaneous?
a. Salt dissolves in H2O.
b. A clear solution becomes a uniform color after a few drops of dye are added.
c. Iron rusts.
d. You clean your bedroom.
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Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach
Ch. 16 - Define the following: a. spontaneous process b....Ch. 16 - What is the second law of thermodynamics? For any...Ch. 16 - Prob. 3RQCh. 16 - Prob. 4RQCh. 16 - Prob. 5RQCh. 16 - What is the standard free energy change, G, for a...Ch. 16 - If you calculate a value for G for a reaction...Ch. 16 - Consider the equation G = G + RT ln(Q). What is...Ch. 16 - Even if G is negative, the reaction may not occur....Ch. 16 - Prob. 10RQ
Ch. 16 - For the process A(l) A(g), which direction is...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2ALQCh. 16 - Gas A2 reacts with gas B2 to form gas AB at a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 4ALQCh. 16 - Prob. 5ALQCh. 16 - Prob. 6ALQCh. 16 - Predict the sign of S for each of the following...Ch. 16 - Is Ssurr favorable or unfavorable for exothermic...Ch. 16 - At 1 atm, liquid water is heated above 100C. For...Ch. 16 - Prob. 10ALQCh. 16 - The synthesis of glucose directly from CO2 and H2O...Ch. 16 - When the environment is contaminated by a toxic or...Ch. 16 - Entropy has been described as times arrow....Ch. 16 - Prob. 14QCh. 16 - A mixture of hydrogen gas and chlorine gas remains...Ch. 16 - Consider the following potential energy plots: a....Ch. 16 - Prob. 17QCh. 16 - Given the following illustration, what can be said...Ch. 16 - The third law of thermodynamics states that the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 20QCh. 16 - Prob. 21QCh. 16 - Prob. 22QCh. 16 - Monochloroethane (C2H5Cl) can be produced by the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 24QCh. 16 - Which of the following processes are spontaneous?...Ch. 16 - Which of the following processes are spontaneous?...Ch. 16 - Prob. 27ECh. 16 - Consider the following illustration of six...Ch. 16 - Consider the following energy levels, each capable...Ch. 16 - Prob. 30ECh. 16 - Choose the substance with the larger positional...Ch. 16 - Which of the following involve an increase in the...Ch. 16 - Predict the sign of Ssurr for the following...Ch. 16 - Prob. 34ECh. 16 - Given the values of H and S, which of the...Ch. 16 - At what temperatures will the following processes...Ch. 16 - Ethanethiol (C2H5SH; also called ethyl mercaptan)...Ch. 16 - For mercury, the enthalpy of vaporization is 58.51...Ch. 16 - For ammonia (NH3), the enthalpy of fusion is 5.65...Ch. 16 - The enthalpy of vaporization of ethanol is 38.7...Ch. 16 - Predict the sign of S for each of the following...Ch. 16 - Prob. 42ECh. 16 - Prob. 43ECh. 16 - For each of the following pairs, which substance...Ch. 16 - Predict the sign of S and then calculate S for...Ch. 16 - Predict the sign of S and then calculate S for...Ch. 16 - Prob. 47ECh. 16 - Prob. 48ECh. 16 - Prob. 49ECh. 16 - Two crystalline forms of white phosphorus are...Ch. 16 - Consider the reaction 2O(g)O2(g) a. Predict the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 52ECh. 16 - Prob. 53ECh. 16 - The major industrial use of hydrogen is in the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 55ECh. 16 - At 100C and 1.00 atm, H = 40.6 kJ/mol for the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 57ECh. 16 - Prob. 58ECh. 16 - Prob. 59ECh. 16 - Prob. 60ECh. 16 - Consider the reaction...Ch. 16 - Consider the reaction 2POCl3(g)2PCl3(g)+O2(g) a....Ch. 16 - Prob. 63ECh. 16 - Consider two reactions for the production of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 65ECh. 16 - Prob. 66ECh. 16 - Consider the reaction 2NO2(g)N2O4(g) For each of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 68ECh. 16 - One of the reactions that destroys ozone in the...Ch. 16 - Hydrogen sulfide can be removed from natural gas...Ch. 16 - Consider the following reaction at 25.0C:...Ch. 16 - The standard free energies of formation and the...Ch. 16 - Calculate G forH2O(g)+12O2(g)H2O2(g) at 600. K,...Ch. 16 - The Ostwald process for the commercial production...Ch. 16 - Cells use the hydrolysis of adenosine...Ch. 16 - One reaction that occurs in human metabolism is...Ch. 16 - Prob. 77ECh. 16 - Consider the following reaction at 298 K:...Ch. 16 - Prob. 79ECh. 16 - The equilibrium constant K for the reaction...Ch. 16 - Prob. 81AECh. 16 - Some water is placed in a coffee-cup calorimeter....Ch. 16 - Consider the following system at equilibrium at...Ch. 16 - Calculate the entropy change for the vaporization...Ch. 16 - As O2(l) is cooled at 1 atm, it freezes at 54.5 K...Ch. 16 - Prob. 86AECh. 16 - Using the following data, calculate the value of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 88AECh. 16 - Carbon monoxide is toxic because it bonds much...Ch. 16 - Prob. 90AECh. 16 - Prob. 91AECh. 16 - Use the equation in Exercise 79 to determine H and...Ch. 16 - Consider the reaction...Ch. 16 - Consider the following diagram of free energy (G)...Ch. 16 - Prob. 95CWPCh. 16 - For rubidium Hvapo=69.0KJ/mol at 686C, its boiling...Ch. 16 - Given the thermodynamic data below, calculate S...Ch. 16 - Prob. 98CWPCh. 16 - Prob. 99CWPCh. 16 - Consider the dissociation of a weak acid HA (Ka =...Ch. 16 - Prob. 101CWPCh. 16 - The equilibrium constant for a certain reaction...Ch. 16 - For the following reactions at constant pressure,...Ch. 16 - The standard enthalpy of formation of H2O(l) at...Ch. 16 - Prob. 105CPCh. 16 - Liquid water at 25C is introduced into an...Ch. 16 - Using data from Appendix 4, calculate H, G, and K...Ch. 16 - Prob. 108CPCh. 16 - Prob. 109CPCh. 16 - Prob. 110CPCh. 16 - Prob. 111CPCh. 16 - Prob. 112CPCh. 16 - If wet silver carbonate is dried in a stream of...Ch. 16 - Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and benzene (C6H6)...Ch. 16 - Sodium chloride is added to water (at 25C) until...Ch. 16 - Prob. 116CPCh. 16 - Prob. 117CPCh. 16 - Prob. 118IPCh. 16 - Prob. 119IPCh. 16 - Prob. 120IPCh. 16 - Consider a sample containing 5.00 moles of a...Ch. 16 - Impure nickel, refined by smelting sulfide ores in...
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