1. Consider the following reaction:            2CH3OH(g) --> 2CH4(g)+ O2(g)    ΔH= 252.8 kj  (a) Determine if the reaction is exothermic or endothermic; (b) calculate the amount of heat transferred when 24.0 g of CH3OH(g) is decomposed by this reaction of constant pressure; (c) For a given sample of CH3OH, the enthalpy of change during the reaction is 82.1kJ. How many grams of methane gas are produced?

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1. Consider the following reaction:
           2CH3OH(g) --> 2CH4(g)+ O2(g)    ΔH= 252.8 kj 

(a) Determine if the reaction is exothermic or endothermic;
(b) calculate the amount of heat transferred when 24.0 g of CH3OH(g) is decomposed by this reaction of constant pressure;
(c) For a given sample of CH3OH, the enthalpy of change during the reaction is 82.1kJ. How many grams of methane gas are produced?
(d) How many kilojoules of heat are released when 38.5 of CH4(g) reacts completely with O2(g) at constant pressure?

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