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What is enthalpy change?

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It is the heat energy transferred in a reaction at constant pressure.

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What is enthalpy of formation?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a compound is formed from its constituent elements in their standard states under standard conditions.

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What is the enthalpy change of atomisation of an element?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of gaseous atoms is formed from an element in its standard state.

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What is the first ionisation energy?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of gaseous 1+ ions is formed from 1 mole of gaseous atoms.

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What is the first electron affinity?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of gaseous 1- ions is formed from 1 mole of gaseous atoms.

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What is the enthalpy change of hydration?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of aqueous ions is formed from 1 mole of gaseous ions.

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What is the bond dissociation enthalpy?

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It is the enthalpy change when all the bonds of the same type in 1 mole of gaseous molecules are broken.

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What is the enthalpy change of atomisation of a compound?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a compound in its standard state is converted into gaseous atoms.

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What is the second ionisation energy?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of gaseous 2+ ions is formed from 1 mole of gaseous 1+ ions.

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What is the second electron affinity?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of gaseous 2- ions is formed from 1 mole of gaseous 1- ions.

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What is the enthalpy of solution?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of solute is dissolved in enough solvent that no further enthalpy change occurs on further dilution.

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What is lattice enthalpy?

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It is a measure of ionic bond strength

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What is lattice enthalpy of formation?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a solid ionic compound is formed from its gaseous ions under standard conditions.

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What is the lattice enthalpy of dissociation?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a solid ionic compound is completely dissociated into its gaseous ions under standard conditions.

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What is the enthalpy of combustion?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a substance is completely burnt in oxygen with all the reactants and products in their standard states under standard conditions.

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What is the enthalpy of neutralisation?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of water is formed in a reaction between an acid and alkali under standard conditions.

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What is the enthalpy of vaporisation?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a liquid is turned into a gas.

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What is the enthalpy of fusion?

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It is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a solid is turned into a liquid.

19
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What is Hess’ Law?

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The enthalpy change for a reaction is independent of the route taken

20
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Which factors affect lattice enthalpies?

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The size of the ions

The charges on the ions

21
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How does size affect the lattice enthalpy?

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The larger the ions, the less negative the enthalpies of lattice formation. The charges are further apart, therefore, there is a weaker force of attraction between them.

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How do charges on the ions affect the lattice enthalpy?

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The larger the charge on the ion, the greater the attraction between the ions, therefore, the stronger the lattice enthalpy.

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What are the assumptions of theoretical lattice enthalpies?

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The assumptions are of a perfect ionic model

  • the ions are 100% ionic
  • the ions are spherical
  • the attractions are purely electrostatic
24
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Why are the theoretical and experimental values different?

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This is evidence that the ionic compounds have some covalent character. The positive ions polarise the neighbouring negative ions.

25
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What type of reaction is the lattice enthalpy of dissociation and why?

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The bonds between the ions break to give free ions

26
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What type of reaction is the enthalpy change of hydration and why?

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Exothermic

Bonds between the ions and the water are made

27
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Why can water molecules bond to the ions?

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Oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen, and therefore draws electrons towards itself, creating a dipole. The dipole means that the positively charged hydrogen atoms can form bonds with negative ions and the negatively charged oxygen can form bonds with positive ions.

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When do substances generally dissolve?

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If the energy released is roughly the same or greater than the energy taken in.

29
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What is entropy?

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It is a measure of the number of ways that particles can be arranged and the number of ways that the energy can be shared out between the particles.

30
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What is the effect of change in physical state on the entropy?

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Solids have the lowest entropy because the particles vibrate about fixed points.
Gases have the highest entropy because the particles move around rapidly and randomly.

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What is the effect of having more particles on the entropy?

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The more particles there are, the more ways there are for them and their energy to be arranged

32
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How does temperature affect entropy?

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The higher the temperature, the faster the particles vibrate/move and so the greater the entropy.

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Why is the entropy increase from liquid to gas greater than the increase from solids to liquids?

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There is a large amount of disorder in gases compared to solids and liquids.

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How do you calculate entropy(S) change?

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change in S = S(products) - S(reactants)

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What is free energy change(G)?

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It is a measure used to predict whether a reaction is feasible/spontaneous.

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What is the condition for a reaction to be feasible?

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change in G must be negative or zero

37
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Why might a reaction not happen or be so slow even if it is feasible?

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The reaction might have a high activation energy

38
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How can change in G be calculated?

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change in G(J/mol) = enthalpy change(J/mol) - temperature(K)*entropy change(J/K/mol)

39
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What is G when the reaction is exothermic and has a positive entropy change?

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change in G is always negative

The reactions are feasible at any temperature

40
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What is G when the reaction is endothermic and has a negative entropy change?

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change in G is always positive

The reactions are not feasible at any temperature

41
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How do you calculate the temperature at which the reaction is just feasible?

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T= enthalpy change/entropy change

42
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What is the standard entropy of a substance?

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It is the entropy of 1 mole of that substance under standard conditions.

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