using a calibrated solution calorimeter measured a temperature decrease of 1.10 K when 1.00 g of KNO3 was added to 74.40 g of deionized water in the calorimeter. The specific heat capacity of the solution calorimeter was found to be 4.15 J/gK. Calculate the experimental value of the molar heat of solution of KNO3, ΔHsoln. Was the dissolution of this salt exothermic or endothermic?
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.
using a calibrated solution calorimeter measured a temperature decrease of 1.10 K when 1.00 g of KNO3 was added to 74.40 g of deionized water in the calorimeter. The specific heat capacity of the solution calorimeter was found to be 4.15 J/gK. Calculate the experimental value of the molar heat of solution of KNO3, ΔHsoln. Was the dissolution of this salt exothermic or endothermic?
Due to addition of some compound to the water there is some heat absorption or emition due to sokvation of the molecule . The heat absorbed or released due to this process is called heat of solution (∆Hsoln)
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