Thermochemistry Flashcards
What is energy?
The capacity to do work
Where does energy come from?
Through photosynthesis, energy from the sun can be converted into chemical energy
What is a closed system?
Energy can come in and out of system
What is an open system?
Energy and mass can come in and out of system
What is an isolated system?
No energy or matter can leave or enter the system
What is calorimetry?
A method used to determine the change in enthalpy of a chemical system
How is energy transferred in a calorimeter?
The energy lost by the chemical system will be gained by the calorimeter
The energy gained by the chemical system will be lost by the calorimeter
What are the assumptions about calorimeters?
The system is totally isolated (no exchange of energy or matter)
Specific heat capacity of water and dilute solutions is: 4.19
The density of water and dilute solutions is 1.00 g/mL
What is kinetic energy?
Moving electrons within atoms
The vibration of atoms connected by chemical bonds
What is potential energy?
Covalent bonds
Ionic bonds
Intermolecular forces
What is enthalpy?
The total kinetic and potential energy in the chemical system
What does enthalpy change represent?
The difference between the enthalpy of the products and reactants
What is an endothermic reaction?
Absorb energy from the surroundings
Positive enthalpy value
Requires more energy to break bonds than to form bonds
Potential energy increased, Kinetic energy decreased
What is a exothermic reaction?
Releases energy to the surroundings
Negative enthalpy value
Requires more energy to form bonds than it does to break bonds
Potential energy is decreased, kinetic energy is increased
All combustion reactions are exothermic
What is Hess’s Law?
States that the addition of chemical equations yields a net chemical equation whose enthalpy change is the sum of the individual enthalpy changes