Metal Iron Copper Aluminum Mass of Metal 50.0 grams 50.0 grams 50.0 grams Initial Temperature of Metal 200.0 C 200.0 C 200.0 C Specific Heat of Metal 0.499 J/gC 0.385 J/gC 0.903 J/gC Mass of Water 250.0 grams 250.0 grams 250.0 grams Initial Temperature of Water 20.0 C 20.0 C 20.0 C Specific Heat of Water 4.184 J/gC 4.184 J/gC 4.184 J/gC 29.21 C Final Temperature of Water and Metal 24.70 C 24.05 C 3. What relationship do you notice between the magnitude of the specific heat of the metal and the temperature change of the water?
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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