EXTRA EXERCISES CHAPTER 17 : THERMOCHEMISTRY

1. What is enthalpy, H?

2. Explain exothermic and endothermic reaction.

3. What is Hess’ Law?

4. What is enthalpy of reaction? Give formula.

5. What is lattice enthalpy/energy? Give formula.

6. Calculate the specific heat of copper given that 204.75 J of energy raises the temperature of 15.0 g of copper from 25.0
°C to 60.0 °C.
ANSWER: 0.39 J°C-1g-1

7. The initial temperature of 150.0 g of ethanol was 22.0 °C. What will be the final temperature of ethanol if 3240.0 J was
needed to raise the temperature of the ethanol? Specific heat of ethanol is 2.44 J°C-1g-1.
ANSWER: 30.9 °C

8. A chemical reaction is carried out in 500.0 g of water in a coffee-cup calorimeter. As a result of the reaction, the
temperature of the water rises from 25.0 °C to 27.7 °C. Calculate the amount of heat released by the reaction. Given that
Ccal = 64.0 J°C-1 and specific heat capacity of water = 4.184 J°C-1g-1.
ANSWER: -5821.2 J

9. A 50.0 mL sample of a 0.50 M HCl solution is mixed with 50.0 mL of a 0.50 M NaOH solution in a calorimeter. The heat
capacity is 335.0 J°C-1. The temperature of the calorimeter and each of the solutions before mixing is 25.2 °C. The
temperature of the calorimeter and the solutions after mixing is 27.1 °C. Assuming that the density and specific heat of
mixture are 0.9970 g/mL and 4.184 J°C-1g-1, respectively. Calculate the enthalpy of the reaction.
ANSWER: -57.16 kJ/mol

9. Nitric acid, whose worldwide annual production is about 8 billion kg, is used to make many products, including fertilizer,
dyes and explosives. The first step in the industrial production process is the oxidation of ammonia:

4 NH3 (g) + 5 O2 (g) → 4 NO (g) + 6 H2O (g)

Calculate the following thermochemical equations:

[ΔH°f: NH3(g) = -46.11, NO(g) = 90.25, H2O(g) = -241.8, O2(g) = 0 kJ/mol
ANSWER: -905.36 kJ

10. Given the following thermochemical equations:

C(s) + O2(g) → CO2(g)………………………………. ΔH = -394 kJ

H2(g) + ½ O2(g) → H2O(l)………………………….. ΔH = -286 kJ
HCOOH(l) + ½ O2(g) → CO2(g) + H2O(l)…….. ΔH = -275 kJ

Calculate the enthalpy of formation of formic acid, HCOOH from its elements:

H2(g) + O2(g) + C(s) → HCOOH(l)

ANSWER: - 405 kJ

11. Calculate ΔH for the reaction

2 N2O3 (g) → 2 N2 (g) + 3 O2 (g)

from the following data:

N2O3 (g) → NO (g) + NO2 (g)…………… ΔH = 39.7 kJ

½ N2 (g) + ½ O2 (g) → NO (g)………….. ΔH = 90.4 kJ
½ N2 (g) + O2 (g) → NO2 (g)…………….. ΔH = 33.8 kJ
ANSWER: - 169 kJ
12. Calculate the lattice energy of sodium bromide, NaBr.

ΔH (kJ/mol)
Enthalpy of sublimation of sodium +108
First ionization energy of sodium +495
Enthalpy of atomization of bromine +112
Electron affinity of bromine -325
Enthalpy of formation of sodium bromine -329

ANSWER: - 719 kJ/mol