A cube of some frozen substance whose mass is 0.067 kg is taken from a freezer, where its temperature was -13.3 °C, and dropped into a beaker containing the same substance in liquid phase at 1.72 °C. If no heat is gained or lost from outside, how much of the substance (in grams) freezes onto the cube? The latent heat of fusion (AHfus) of this chemical is 32.03 x 104 J/kg and the specific heat capacity is 2,245 J/kg °C. HINT: Find the energy needed to bring the temp of the cube to the temp of the liquid. Then use (AHfus = q/ m) to find the mass.
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
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