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What does the law of conservation of energy state?

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Energy is neither created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another

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What is thermochemistry?

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The study of energy changes produced by a chemical reaction

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What is an isolated system?

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A system where neither matter nor energy can move out

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What is calorimetry?

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The technological process of measuring energy changes of an isolated system called a calorimeter

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What is the chemical system?

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The reactants and the products

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What are the surroundings?

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The water in the beaker

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What is thermal energy?

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The total kinetic energy of the entities of a substance

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What is the formula for the quantity of thermal energy transferred (Q)?

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Q = mcΔt

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What is c is the chemical formula for the quantity of thermal energy transferred?

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c = specific heat capacity

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What is specific heat capacity?

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The quantity of energy required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a substance by one degree celcius

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What are the units for specific heat capacity?

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J/(gC)

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What are examples of kinetic energy?

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Moving electrons within atoms
The vibrations of atoms connected by chemical bonds
The rotation and translation of molecules that are made of atoms

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What are examples of chemical potential energy?

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Covalent and ionic bonds between entities

Intermolecular forces between entities

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What is enthalpy?

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The total kinetic and potential energy within a chemical system

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What does an enthalpy change communicate?

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The difference between enthalpy of the products and enthalpy of reactants

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What is the formula for the change in enthalpy?

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Enthalpy of products - Enthalpy of reactants

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What is Enthalpy change equal to?

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The quantity of thermal energy transferred (Q)

18
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What is an exothermic reaction?

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A change that produces energy, the enthalpy change is negative

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What is an endothermic reaction?

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A reaction that absorbs energy, the enthalpy change is positive

20
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What is enthalpy of reaction?

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The energy change for a whole chemical system when reactants change to products

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What is molar enthalpy of reaction?

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The enthalpy change in a chemical system per unit chemical amount (mole)

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What is enthalpy change measured in?

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kJ per mole

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What is the formula for enthalpy change of a reaction?

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ΔH = nΔHm

24
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What is the change in enthalpy of a chemical system equal to?

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ΔH = Q
nΔHm = mcΔt

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