Ch.6! Flashcards
What is Energy?
Energy is the capacity to do work.
What is Work?
the result of a force acting through a distance.
What is heat?
the flow of energy caused by a temperature difference.
First Law of Thermochemistry:
Law of conservation of energy; energy cannot be created or destroyed.
what is a system? Examples?
the object of focus. coffee in a cup, piece of hot metal in water, etc.
what are surroundings? Examples?
Everything that a system can transfer its energy to. The cup holding the coffee, the water the hot metal is in, etc.
What is internal energy?
Sum of energies that compose the system.
What are the units associated with Energy?
Joules! 1 calorie=4.184J, 1 Calorie=4184J.
What is q(heat)? formula? rearranging formula?
q=mCΔT. C(specific heat capacity is dependent on chemical).
What is POSITIVE q?
absorbing energy (heat coming INTO the system.)
what is NEGATIVE q?
releasing energy (heat LEAVING the system)
What is a bomb calorimeter?
piece of equipment that measures Change in Energy for combustion reactions.
what is the formula for change in E of a calorimeter?
q(calorimeter)=C(calorimeter)xΔT or… q(calorimeter)=-q(rxn).
What is Enthalpy? (at constant pressure)
Enthalpy (of a system) as the sum of its internal energy and the product of its pressure and volume.
Enthalpy formula:
ΔH= q(p)