Energetics Flashcards
What is energetics?
the energy changes that take place with the surroundings during a chemical reaction
What is an exothermic reaction?
reactions that produce heat
Give examples of an exothermic reaction?
combustion (burning)
respiration
neutralisation (acid and alkali)
What is an endothermic reaction?
reactions that absorb/require heat to occur
Give examples of an endothermic reaction?
evaporation (heat the water)
ice cube melting
thermal decomposition
Why is an ice cube melting endothermic?
H20 from a solid to a liquid happens from tempratures of 00 to 220
water is melting, absorbing heat
How are exothermic and endothermic reactions represented?
they are represented graphically
energy profile diagrams
What is △H (between products)?
the difference in energy between the products and reactions in a chemical is known as the energy change △H
H products - H reactants
What does kJ stand for?
kilojoules
What does △ stand for?
change
What does H stand for?
enthalpy
Endothermic reactions have a (positive/negative)△H?
positive
Exothermic reactions have a (positive/negative) △H?
negative
Why do exothermic reactions have a negative △H?
Their products have less energy than their reactants
Why do endothermic reactions have a positive △H?
their products have more energy than thier reactants
What is activation energy (EA)?
the minimum amount of energy required between two or more reactants to overcome their mutual repulsion (e.g. two magnets repelling)
What is bond enthalpy (energy)?
the average energy required to break one mole of stated bond
Energy is required to (make/break bonds - it is an (exothermic/endothermic) process?
Energy is required to break bonds - it is an endothermic process
Energy is (given/taken) when bonds are made - it is an (endothermic/exothermic) process
energy is given when bonds are made- it is an exothermic process
Endothermic Profile Diagram
Exothermic Profile Diagram
Is bond making exothermic or endothermic?
exothermic
Is bond breaking endothermic or exothermic?
endothemic
What are the three types of △H?
△H = H products - H reactants (theoretical)
△H = sum bonds broken - bonds made (theoretical)
△H = mc△T/n (experimental)
What is enthalpy?
energy change for a reaction
Is a negative energy change exothermic or endothermic? Why?
exothermic
the energy given out when new bonds are made is greater than the energy taken to break the original bonds
Is a positive energy change exothermic or endothermic? Why?
endothermic
the energy taken in to break the original bonds is greater than the energy given out when new bonds are made
Exothermic reaction △H is negative/positive?
negative
Endothermic reaction △H is negative/positive?
positive
In terms of products and reactants why would an endothermic reaction be positive?
their products have more energy than their reactants
In terms of products and reactants, why are exothermic reactions negative?
their products have less energy than their reactants
How do you measure enthalpy changes for reactions experimentaly?
by burning a substance, measuring the temprature change it causes, then calclutaing the enthalpy from the formula
What is the equation for speed?
speed = distance/time
What does -1 mean?
per something
e.g. 30 m/s or 30 ms-1
What is the equation for a-1
1/a
What do all combustion experiments have in common?
they are all exothermic and therefore have a negative Q ( heat released)
How do you carry out an energy of different types of alcohol combustion experiment?
a known mass of fuel is burned in a spirit burner and the temprature rise of the known mass of water is measured
from this you calculate the energy given out by the fuel in kJ per gram
from your results you will compare the relative values obtained
In the different types of alcohol combustion experiment which is
a) the independant variable
b) the dependant variable
c) the continuos variable
a) the type of alcohol
b) temprature of water
c) mass difference of burner
If the temprature of 4.18 kJ per Kg per K, what does this mean?
it takes 4.18 Joules of energy to raise one Kg of water by one Kelvin. one Kelvin is equivalent to 0C
How is the mass of fuel burned calculated?
measure the mass of the burner before and after the experiment and then calculate the difference
In the differnet types of alcohol combustion experiment what could be sources of error?
scale error
human error
heat is lost to the surroundings (out of our control)
can’t burn all alcohol
Why do differnet fuels have different energies of combustion?
some react better with oxygen
What does equilibrium mean?
balance
in a chemical equilibrium, the concentration of reactants and products do not change
What is static equilibrium?
once equilibrium is reached there is not more movement
What is dynamic equilibrium?
when the rate (speed) of the fowards reaction is equal to the rate of the reverse, so the net change is 0
What two things does a dynamic equilibrium need?
a closed system (closed experiment, no ‘matter’ can be exhanged with the surroundings, occurs in a sealed container)
reversible
Is a phase change a reaction?
No but it can still have a dymanic equilibrium
What is the position of equilibrium (P.O.E)?
whether the reaction is moving left to right or right to left
What three main factors affect the position of equilibrium/dynamic equilibrium?
temprature
concentration of reactants (amounts)
pressure (gases)
What is a system?
a chemical reaction
What is Le Chatelier Principle?
when a change is exerted on a system in a dynamic equilibrium the position of equilibrium moves to the exact opposite
What would happen if you increased the pressure of reactants?
the position of equilibrium would move to the right (more S03)
this is because there are two molecules on the right but three on the left therefore the right has less pressure
What would happen if you increased the temprature?
the position of equilibrium would move to the left
this is because the left is the endothermic direction which absorbs heat therefore the amount of product S03 would decrease
What would happen if you increased the concentration of S02 and 02?
the position of equilibrium would move right
this is because it wants to remove excess reactants which moves to form products
What can reversible reactions do?
go fowards or backwards
In a closed system, a reversible reaction can reach a point of equilibrium. The amount of reactants and products (stays the same/can change). This is becaus the fowards and backward reaction is happening at the (different/same) time (……. equilibrium)
stays the same
same time
dynamic
What do strong acids do when dissolved in water?
split almost completely into ions when dissolved in water
With weak acids the ions are in what with the undissociated molecules in the acids?
equilibrium
Acids are proton (H+) what?
donors