Thermochemistry Flashcards
The amount of heat required to change the temp of an object by exactly 1 C
Heat capacity
In any chemical or physical process, energy is neither created nor destroyed
Law of conservation of energy
A unit of heat energy
Calorie
A form of energy that always flows from a warmer object to a cooler object
Heat
A process that loses heat to its surrounding
Exothermic process
A device used to measure the amount of heat absorbed or released during chemical physical processess
Calorimeter
A process that absorbs best from its surroundings
Endothermic process
The capacity to do work or to supply hear
Energy
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 C
Specific heat
Energy released
Exothermic
Energy absorbed
Endothermic
Specific heat of water
4.18
When doing a hess’s law question and you flip the equation you must do what to the delta h
Multiply it by -1
one kilocalorie equals how many joules
4,184
How many joules are in one calorie
4.184