Ch 5 Terms Flashcards
Hess Law
Indirect determination of OH; if you add several reactions together to get an overall reaction, you can also add their 🔺 H together
Energy
Transfer of heat
Thermochemistry
Study of heat absorbed or released in reactions
Chemical potential energy
Energy stored in chemical bonds
*Energy is required to to break ANY BOND
Heat (q)
Energy needed to increase an objects temperature
System
What we’re studying
Always the REACTION
Surroundings
Everything else
Ex: water, beaker, thermometer, you
If heat is lost by system, the surroundings gain it and vice versa
Exothermic
Heart is being released by system
The surroundings gain heat
You feel warmth
All combustions
q system= -
When discussing heat, we take the ___ perspective
Systems
Endothermic
Heat is absorbed by the system
Surroundings lost heat
You feel cold
q system = +
Joule to calorie conversion
1 calorie = 4.18 J
Heat capacity
Amount of heat needed to raise the temp of a substance by 1 degree Celsius
Depends on:
1. Substance density
2. Mass
Specific heat (c)
Amount of heat needed to raise one gram of substance by 1 degree Celsius
Enthalpy
Another term for heat (at constant pressure)
Heat = Enthalpy
Enthalpy changes depend on ____
Reaction conditions