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Enthalpy Flashcards

1
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Explain system and surroundings

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The system consists of the molecules which are reacting, the surroundings are everything else e.g. air, solution, glassware

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What is the symbol for enthalpy change?

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🔺️H

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What happens during an exothermic reaction?

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Products have lower enthalpy than reactants and energy is transferred from the system to the surroundings (surroundings get hot)

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4
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What is 🔺️H measured in?

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kJ mol-1

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What happens during an endothermic reaction?

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Products have higher enthalpy than reactants and energy is transferred from surroundings to system (surroundings get colder)

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6
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Definition of activation energy

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Activation energy (Ea) is the minimum energy required to start a reaction

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Describe the arrows in an exothermic and endothermic profile

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  • Ea arrow goes to the top of the curve from the reactants, single-headed
  • 🔺️H arrow goes from reactants to products (down exothermic, up endothermic), single-headed
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8
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What are the standard conditions?

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Pressure of 100kPa
Temp of 298K (25°C)
Concentration of 1 mol dm-3

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9
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What must enthalpy change equations have?

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State symbols

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Definition of enthalpy change of combustion

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The enthalpy change when ONE MOLE of a substance reacts COMPLETELY WITH OXYGEN under standard conditions

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Definition of enthalpy change of formation

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The enthalpy change when ONE MOLE of a compound is formed from its CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS in their STANDARD STATES

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Definition of enthalpy change of neutralisation

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The energy change that accompanies the neutralisation of an aqueous acid by an aqueous base to form ONE MOLE OF WATER under standard conditions

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13
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At what enthalpy change is 🔺️neutH constant?

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-57 kJ mol-1

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14
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What is the 🔺️fH of elements?

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0 kJ mol-1

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15
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What are the 2 ways of determining enthalpy changes?

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Polystyrene calorimeter and spirit burner

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16
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What is the equation for calculating energy exchanged?

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q = mc🔺️T

17
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What is the equation for calculating 🔺️H from q?

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🔺️H = q/n

18
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What are the 2 errors which can occur in calorimetry?

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  1. Heat loss to surroundings

2. Not done under standard conditions

19
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What impact does heat loss to surroundings have on q and 🔺️H?

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q: 🔺️T is smaller (heat lost to air instead of water) than it should be so q is smaller

🔺️H: magnitude of 🔺️H decreases so 🔺️H is less exothermic than the actual value

20
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How is heat lost for 🔺️cH specifically?

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Liquid fuel might evaporate, heat capacity of beaker not taken into account, incomplete combustion

21
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What does Bendo Mexo mean?

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Bendo = breaking bonds is endothermic 
Mexo = making bonds is exothermic
22
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What defines an exothermic reaction?

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The energy required to break bonds is less than the energy released when making new bonds

23
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What defines an endothermic reaction?

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The energy required to break bonds is more than the energy released when making new bonds

24
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Why are bond enthalpies always positive?

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Bond-breaking is endothermic

25
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What is the equation for calculating 🔺️H from bond enthalpies?

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🔺️H = sum of bond enthalpies of bonds broken - sum of bond enthalpies of bonds made

26
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What are the 2 limitations of bond enthalpies?

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  1. Only used in GASEOUS state so if there are substances which aren’t gaseous under standard conditions the calculated 🔺️H will be different to the standard value
  2. It’s an average of the bond enthalpy in different compounds so different compounds will have slightly different enthalpies
27
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Why can’t some enthalpy changes be determined DIRECTLY?

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  1. High activation energy
  2. Slow reaction rate
  3. More than one reaction taking place
28
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Describe combustion cycles

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  • Arrows point down (represent combustion reactions)
  • Combustion products at bottom of arrows
  • With the indirect route arrow = add, against the indirect route arrow = subtract
29
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Describe formation cycles

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  • If formation data is given, use a formation cycle
  • Elements at the bottom
  • Arrows point up as we form those substances from elements

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