Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

Sorsogon City Campus
ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

Worksheet #3
Enthalpy and Hess’s Law

Name: ______________________________________________ Student No.: __________ Score: ________

Course & Year: _________________________ Instructor: ENGR. NOEL G. BENAVIDES, Ph.D.

Directions: Solve the following problems.

1. Calculate ΔH for the reaction: C2H4 (g) + H2 (g)  C2H6 (g), from the following data.
C2H4 (g) + 3 O2 (g)  2 CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (l) ΔH = -1411. kJ

C2H6 (g) + 3½ O2 (g)  2 CO2 (g) + 3 H2O (l) ΔH = -1560. kJ

H2 (g) + ½ O2 (g)  H2O (l) ΔH = -285.8 kJ

2. Calculate ΔH for the reaction 4 NH3 (g) + 5 O2 (g)  4 NO (g) + 6 H2O (g), from the following data.
N2 (g) + O2 (g)  2 NO (g) ΔH = -180.5 kJ

N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g)  2 NH3 (g) ΔH = -91.8 kJ

2 H2 (g) + O2 (g)  2 H2O (g) ΔH = -483.6 kJ

3. Calculate ΔH° for the reaction 2H2(g) + 2C(s) + O2(g)  C2H5OH(l), using the following data.
C2H5OH (l) + 2 O2 (g)  2 CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (l) ΔH = -875. kJ

C (s) + O2 (g)  CO2 (g) ΔH = -394.51 kJ

H2 (g) + ½ O2 (g)  H2O (l) ΔH = -285.8 kJ

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4. Calculate ΔH for the reaction CH4 (g) + NH3 (g)  HCN (g) + 3 H2 (g), from the following data:
N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g)  2 NH3 (g) ΔH = -91.8 kJ

C (s) + 2 H2 (g)  CH4 (g) ΔH = -74.9 kJ

H2 (g) + 2 C (s) + N2 (g)  2 HCN (g) ΔH = +270.3 kJ

5. Calculate ΔH for the reaction 2 Al (s) + 3 Cl2 (g)  2 AlCl3 (s) from the following data.
2 Al (s) + 6 HCl (aq)  2 AlCl3 (aq) + 3 H2 (g) ΔH = -1049. kJ

HCl (g)  HCl (aq) ΔH = -74.8 kJ

H2 (g) + Cl2 (g)  2 HCl (g) ΔH = -1845. kJ

AlCl3 (s)  AlCl3 (aq) ΔH = -323. kJ

6. Calculate the enthalpy of the formation of diamond from graphite using the equations below.
C (s, graphite) + O2(g) ---> CO2(g) H° = -394 kJ

C (s, diamond) + O2(g) ---> CO2(g) H° = -396 kJ

C (s, graphite) ---> C (s, diamond) H = ???

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7. Calculate the enthalpy for the following reaction:

N2(g) + 2O2(g) ---> 2NO2(g) H° = ??? kJ

Using the following two equations:

N2(g) + O2(g) ---> 2NO(g) H° = +180 kJ

2NO2(g) ---> 2NO(g) + O2(g) H° = +112 kJ

8. Calculate H° for this reaction:

2N2(g) + 5O2(g) ---> 2N2O5(g)

using the following three equations:

H2(g) + (1/2) O2(g) ---> H2O(l) H° = -285.8 kJ

N2O5(g) + H2O(l) ---> 2HNO3(l) H° = -76.6 kJ

(1/2) N2(g) + (3/2) O2(g) + (1/2) H2(g) ---> HNO3(l) H° = -174.1 kJ

9. Calculate H° for this reaction:

6 C(s) + 6 H2(g) + 3 O2(g) ---> C6H12O6(s)

using the following three equations:

C(s) + O2(g) ---> CO2(g) H° = -393.51 kJ

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 H2(g) + (1/2) O2(g) ---> H2O(l) H° = -285.83 kJ

C6H12O6(s) + 6 O2(g) ---> 6 CO2(g) + 6 H2O(l) H° = -2803.02 kJ

How much energy/heat will have to be transferred in order to produce 50 grams of glucose (C6H12O6)? Will the
energy be absorbed or released?

Enthalpy and Hess’s Law

1. The reaction below is the last step in the commercial production of sulfuric acid. How much heat is
transferred if 200 kg of sulfuric acid are produced?

SO3(g) + H2O(l)  H2SO4(aq) H = -227 kJ

2. 10 grams of iron are reacted with 2 grams of oxygen according to the equation below. How much heat will
be transferred? Will the heat be absorbed or released?

4Fe(s) + 3O2  2Fe2O3 H = -1652 kJ

3. Given the following data:

C2H2 + 5/2O2  2CO2 + H2O H = -1300kJ
C + O2  CO2 H = -394 kJ
H2 + 1/2O2  H2O H = -286 kJ
Calculate H for the following reaction:
2C + H2  C2H2
How much heat will be transferred if 28 grams of carbon are reacted with 10 grams of hydrogen?