Thermochemistry

Chemical reactions, such as those that occur when you light a match, involve changes in energy as well as matter. Chemical changes and their accompanying …

Energy Conservation Energy can be converted from one form into another, but all of the energy present before a change occurs always exists in some form …

The total of all possible kinds of energy present in a substance is called the internal energy (U), sometimes symbolized as E. Suppose a system with …

Thermal Energy  Microscopically, thermal energy is the kinetic energy associated with the random motion of atoms and molecules. Temperature is a …

As a system undergoes a change, its internal energy can change, and energy can be transferred from the system to the surroundings, or from the …

Chemists ordinarily use a property known as enthalpy (H) to describe the thermodynamics of chemical and physical processes. Enthalpy is defined as the sum …

For a chemical reaction (the system) carried out at constant pressure – with the only work done caused by expansion or contraction – the …

Calorimetry is a technique used to measure the amount of heat involved in a chemical or physical process or to measure the heat transferred to or from a …

Calorimeters are useful to determine the heat released or absorbed by a chemical reaction. Coffee cup calorimeters are designed to operate at constant …

There are two ways to determine the amount of heat involved in a chemical change: measure it experimentally, or calculate it from other experimentally …

Enthalpy changes are typically tabulated for reactions in which both the reactants and products are at the same conditions. A standard state is a commonly …

Hess’s law can be used to determine the enthalpy change of any reaction if the corresponding enthalpies of formation of the reactants and products …