Developing fuels Flashcards
What does exothermic mean?
Energy transferred to the surroundings.
Bond making (-)
What does endothermic mean?
Absorbs energy from surroundings.
Bond breaking (+)
What is enthalpy change?
Energy to and from surroundings is measured as enthalpy change.
formula for enthalpy change
Hproducts- Hreactants
What are enthalpy changes measured in?
kilojoules per mole
system
refers to the bonds in the reactants and products of the systen
surroundings
the rest of the world eg air and test tube
What are standard conditions?
To compare enthalpy changes standard conditions are chosen.
What’s the standard temperature?
298k
What is the standard pressure?
100 kPa
What is the standard concentration of solutions?
1 mol/dm3
How to convert Celsius to Kelvin?
Add 273
Standard enthalpy change of a reaction
The enthalpy change when molar quantities of reactants react together under standard conditions.
Standard enthalpy change of combustion
Enthalpy change that occurs when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen. Impossible under standard conditions.
Standard enthalpy change of formation
Enthalpy change that occurs when one mole of a compound is formed from its elements. When you make one mole of water from hydrogen and oxygen , 286kj are transferred to surroundings.
Enthalpy cycles (Hesse’s law)
Provide an alternative route to find the enthalpy change for a difficult to measure reaction.
Aromatic compounds
If the carbon atoms contain a benzene ring they are called aromatic compounds (historical) and called arenes.
Aliphatic compounds
They do not contain a benzene ring
homologous series
methane, ethane, propane and butane as they all differ by CH2.