Thermo chemistry Flashcards
Kinetic energy
energy of motion of an object
Thermal Energy
Kinetic energy of molecules
Potential Energy
Stored energy due to position of composition
Units of energy
Joules (work or energy)
Calories (1cal is 4.184 kj)
Nutritional Calorie
1 calorie =
1000cal = 1 Kcal
Open system
can exchange matter and energy with the surroundings
Closed system
Can only exchange energy with the surroundings
Isolated system
Neither energy or matter are exchanged with the surroundings
Heat (q) is
Energy transferred from hot to cold until equilibrium is reached
Work (w)
Move an object or squash gas by applying force
Work is defined as
w=force X distance
First law of thermodynamics
energy is neither created or destroyed
And energy lost by a system is gained by the surroundings
Internal energy is
Sum of the kinetic/potential energy of all the parts of the system USE (U)
Determining the change in internal energy by
DELTA (U) = U final- U initial
What is a exothermic rxn
Heat is released during the reaction