What quantity of energy, in joules, is evolved when 1.00 mol of liquid ammonia cools from -33.3 degrees Celcius (its boiling point) to -43.4 degrees Celcius? (The specific heat capacity of liquid NH3 is 4.70 J/g x K) Compare this value with the quantity of heat evolved by 1.00 mol of liquid water cooling by exactly 10 degrees Celcius. Which evolves more heat on cooling 10 degrees Celcius, liquid water, or liquid ammonia? Using intermolecular forces explain briefly why one liquid should evolve more energy than the other.
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.
What quantity of energy, in joules, is evolved when 1.00 mol of liquid ammonia cools from -33.3 degrees Celcius (its boiling point) to -43.4 degrees Celcius? (The specific heat capacity of liquid NH3 is 4.70 J/g x K) Compare this value with the quantity of heat evolved by 1.00 mol of liquid water cooling by exactly 10 degrees Celcius. Which evolves more heat on cooling 10 degrees Celcius, liquid water, or liquid ammonia? Using intermolecular forces explain briefly why one liquid should evolve more energy than the other.
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