Apply Hess's law that the enthalpy change is independent of the route, and combine given equations (reversing, scaling and adding them) or construct an energy cycle to calculate the enthalpy change of a reaction that cannot be measured directly.
Given the following data: CaO(s)+COX2(g)CaCOX3(s)ΔH=−pkJ2Ca(s)+OX2(g)2CaO(s)ΔH=−qkJ2CaCOX3(s)2Ca(s)+2C(s)+3OX2(g)ΔH=+rkJ What is the ΔH of the…
The standard enthalpy changes of two reactions are given below. NX2(g)+OX2(g)2NO(g)ΔH⊖=xkJmol−12NO(g)+OX2(g)2NOX2(g)ΔH⊖=ykJmol−1 What is ΔH⊖, in…
Methanol can be synthesized from carbon monoxide and hydrogen: CO(g)+2HX2(g)CHX3OH(l) Reaction ΔH / kJmol−1CHX3OH(g)+23OX2(g)COX2(g)+2HX2O(l)−764CO(g)+21OX2(g)COX2(g)−283…