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(Chemistry IB)

1) A 1.5 kg hot rock was dropped into 2.5dm3 of 250C water. The water temperature rose to 390C.
Calculate the E per kilogram lost by the rock to the water.

2) Calculate the H (in kilograms) that must be released for 5.7kg of water to be cooled from 730C to
250C.

3) Calculate the amount of heat energy needed to vaporize 625g of water at 1000C. The molar heat
of vaporization is 40.6kJmol-1.

4) A test tube containing 10.1g of molten wax was put into 155cm3 of water at 180C. The
temperature rose to 210C. Calculate the molar heat of fusion of the wax, assuming the formula of
the wax is C14H30.

5) Calculate the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 175g of mercury from 250C to
850C. Specific heat capacity of Hg is 0.14Jg-1C-1.

6) CCl4 has a density of 1.5g/cm3 and a specific heat capacity of 0.84J0C-1g-1. Calculate the heat
energy (in kJ) required to heat 2.5dm3 of CCl4 from 150C to 320C.

7) When 1105J of heat is added to 36.5g of ethyl alcohol, the temperature increases by 12.30C.
Calculate the molar heat capacity of ethyl alcohol.

8) When 285J of heat is added to 33.6g of hexane, the temperature rises from 250C to 28.740C.
Calculate the molar heat capacity of hexane.

9) Liquid Na is being considered as an engine coolant. How many grams of Na are needed to absorb
1.0MJ of heat if the temperature of Na is not to increase more than 100C? (CNa = 30.8JK-1mol-1).

Answers:

1) 1.0 x 105 Jkg-1

2) 1.1 x 106J
3) 1.41 x 103kJ
4) 3.85 x 105J mol-1
5) 1.47 x 103J
6) 54 kJ
7) 113Jmol-1C-1
8) 195Jmol-1C-1
9) 7.5 x 104g Na