CHEM 123 Lecture Notes - Iodine Monochloride, Pentane, Isothermal Process
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First law of thermodynamics: a system expands and lifts a weight in its surroundings. How does this work affect the energy of the system: you have your hands wrapped around a system. The system changes state and produces a flux of heat at its boundaries. Is the change in enthalpy, h, associated with this change in state positive or negative: let us say that the apparatus of question 2 above consists of plastic cup containing water with solutes undergoing a chemical reaction. The water solvent forms part of the surroundings (as do the walls of the cup and the universe beyond. ) A thermometer in the solution shows the temperature dropping. How does this result for e compare with h for the same change in state: given the enthalpy changes at a certain temperature for reactions (a) and (b), calculate the enthalpy change for reaction (c). Is reaction (c) endothermic or exothermic at this temperature? (a) (b) (c)