Direction: Identify whether each process is spontaneous or non-spontaneous A spoon dipped in boiling water gets hot Water decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen gases with application of electricity Wood burns to ash after being set on fire.

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Problem 10.11PAE: Identify each of the processes listed as spontaneous or non-spontaneous. For each non spontaneous...
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Direction: Identify whether each process is spontaneous or non-spontaneous

  • A spoon dipped in boiling water gets hot
  • Water decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen gases with application of electricity
  • Wood burns to ash after being set on fire.
  • Silver wares tarnish when exposed to air.
  • Table salt dissociates into sodium and chlorine ions in water.
  • The action of toilet bowl cleaner, HCl(aq), on “lime” deposits, CaCO3(s)
  • The boiling of water at normal atmospheric pressure and 65 0C.
  • The melting of ice cube at -5 0C.
  • The formation of sodium and chlorine by vigorously stirring an aqueous solution of sodium chloride.
  • The ionization of sodium chloride when HCl(g) dissolves in water
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