General Chemistry: Atoms First
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ISBN: 9780321809261
Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.132MP
- (a) Write a balanced equation for the reaction of potassium metal with water.
- (b) Use the data in Appendix B to calculate ΔH° for the reaction of potassium metal with water.
- (c) Assume that a chunk of potassium weighing 7.55 g is dropped into 400.0 g of water at 25.0 °C. What is the final temperature of the water if all the heat released is used to warm the water?
- (d) What is the molarity of the KOH solution prepared in part (c), and how many milliliters of 0.554 M H2SO4 are required to neutralize it?
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