Developing Fuels Flashcards
Enthalpy
Stored heat energy
Enthalpy change of combustion
Enthalpy change when one mole of a substance is completely combusted under standard conditions
Enthalpy change of neutralisation
Enthalpy change when one mole of water is formed when acid and alkali react under standard conditions
Enthalpy change of formation
Enthalpy change when one mole of a substance is made from its elements under standard conditions
Enthalpy change of neutralisation equation
H+ + OH- —> H2O
Enthalpy change of combustion equation
… + …O2 —> …Co2 + …H2O
Enthalpy change of combustion experiment
measure:
initial + final T
initial + final mass
Volume of water
Enthalpy change of two liquids experiment
Measure:
Volumes of liquid 1 and 2
Start T of liquid 1 and 2
Final T of liquid
Enthalpy change liquid and solid
Measure:
Volume of liquid
Mass of solid
Start and final T
procedural issues + how to fix
Calorimeter not in contact with the flame
-Adjust the height
Exp not under std conditions
-do under std conditions
Incomplete combustion
-Use fuels with fewer C atoms
Hard to read thermometer
-use digital thermometer
Hess Cheat
Only for enthalpy of formation
Sum of prods - sum of reactants
Bond enthalpy values
For breaking one mole of bonds in gaseous molecules
Why is bond enthalpy inaccurate
-The values are averages
-Reactants and Products might not be gases
Bond angle in an alkane
Always 109.5
Alkane reactions (3)
-Combustion
-Cracking
-Radical Substitution
Homogenous Catalyst
Reactants and catalyst in the same state
-rxn involves multiple steps
-Catalyst may form intermediate
Heterogenous Catalyst
Reactants and catalyst in a different state
-normally a solid
-Involves adsorption
Heterogenous Catalyst 4 stage mechanism
Reactants adsorb onto the surface of the catalyst
Bonds in the reactants weaken and break
New bonds form to make products
Products desorb/leave
Catalytic converters
Remove CO
-from incomplete combustion
Remove NO
-From N2 and O2 reacting at high temps and pressures
Remove unburnt hydrocarbons
-Incomplete combustion
Catalytic Converter equation
CO + NO —> CO2 + (1/2)N2
Structural Isomers
Same molecular formula but different structural formula
Alkene reactions
-Combustion
-Electrophilic addition
-Addition polymerisation
Electrophile
A species attracted to regions of high electron density
Forms a bond by accepting a pair of electrons
Proof for C=C electrophilic addition mechanism
Add NaCl and the cl will take the place of the second Br