Consider the reaction of calcium carbide with liquid water: 1/2 CaC2(s) + H2O(l) 1/2 Ca(OH)2(s) + 1/2 C2H2(g) H = -63.6 kJ (a) What is the enthalpy change for the reverse reaction? (b) Balance the forward reaction with whole-number coefficients. What is H for the reaction represented by this equation? (c) Which is more likely to be thermodynamically-favored, the forward reaction or the reverse reaction?
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Consider the reaction of calcium carbide with liquid water:
| 1/2 CaC2(s) + H2O(l) 1/2 Ca(OH)2(s) + 1/2 C2H2(g) | H = -63.6 kJ |
(a) What is the enthalpy change for the reverse reaction?
(b) Balance the forward reaction with whole-number coefficients. What is H for the reaction represented by this equation?
(c) Which is more likely to be
(d) If the (forward) reaction were written to consume water gas, H2O(g), instead of liquid water, would you expect the magnitude of H to increase (become more positive), decrease (become more negative), or stay the same?
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