THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/21

CHE1010: INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCE

Tutorial Sheet 6: Practice questions May, 2021

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1. Define/explain the following terms: (a) surroundings and systems (b) types of systems (c)
(d) internal energy and enthalpy
2. Calculate ΔE for each of the following.
a) q = -47 kJ, w = +88 kJ
b) q = +82 kJ, w = -47 kJ
c) q = +47 kJ, w = 0

In which of these cases do the surroundings do work on the system

3. When 155 g of water at 20 ᵒC is mixed with 75 g of water at 80 ᵒC, assuming no heat is

lost to the surrounding what is the final temperature of the water. (Specific heat capacity
of water is 4.18 J/°C·g)

4. A piece of iron weighing 20.0 g at a temperature of 95.0 C was placed in 100 g of water
at 25 C. Assuming that no heat is lost to the surroundings, what is the resulting temperature
of the iron and water? Specific heat capacity: iron = 0.451 J/°C·g, water = 4.18 J/°C·g.

5. A copper forceps that has a mass of 500 g was accidentally left on a heating mantle until
it had a temperature of 35 ᵒC. A student then placed the forcep in 70 g of water at 22 ᵒC
to cool it off. Calculate the specific heat capacity of the copper forcep if the final
temperature of the water was 27 ᵒC. (Specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J/°C.g).

6. A 0.1964 g sample of quinone (C6H4O2) is burned in a bomb calorimeter that has a specific
heat of 1.56 Kj/°C. The temperature of the calorimeter increases by 3.2°C. Calculate the
energy of combustion of quinone per gram and per mole.

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7. For the following reactions at constant pressure predict is ΔH > ΔE, ΔH < ΔE or ΔH = ΔE

8. Consider the following reaction:

a) How much heat is evolved for the production of 1.00 mol of H2O(l )?
b) How much heat is evolved when 4.03 g of hydrogen is reacted with excess oxygen?
c) How much heat is evolved when 186 g of oxygen is reacted wih excess hydrogen?

9. Write a balanced equation and draw an approximate enthalpy diagram for each of the
following changes:
(a) The combustion of methane in oxygen
(b) The freezing of liquid water
(c) The formation of 1 mol sodium chloride from its elements (heat is released)

10. Calculate the energy released when each of the following compounds undergoes
combustion:
(a) 1 kg of butane (C4H10) ΔH°c = -2220 kJ/mol
(b) 1 kg of ethanol (C2H5OH) ΔH°c = -1366.8 kJ/mol
(c) Which one of the above compounds releases more energy when they undergo
combustion?

11. Write the thermochemical reaction equations for which the enthalpy change will be:
a) The standard enthalpy of combustion of liquid ethanol, C2H5OH(l ).
b) The standard enthalpy of neutralization of sodium hydroxide solution by
hydrochloric acid.
c) ΔH°f for gaseous vinyl chloride, C2H3Cl(g).
d) The enthalpy of solution of solid ammonium bromide
12. Calculate ΔH°f for each of the following reactions

13. Acetylene burns in air according to the following equation:

C2H2(g) + 5/2 O2(g)  2CO2(g) + H2O(g) ΔH°rxn = -1255.8 kJ

Given that ΔH°f of CO2(g) = -393.5 kJ/mol and ΔH°f of H2O(g) = -241.8 kJ/mol, what is the
ΔH°f of C2H2(g)?

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14. Consider the reaction below. Calculate ΔH°f for ClF3(g).

15. Explain exactly what this means.

a) The bond dissociation enthalpy of the Br-Br bond is +193 kJ mol-1.
b) The mean bond enthalpy of the C-H bond in methane is +415.5 kJ mol-1.
how it is different from the bromine case in part (a).
16. Why might you expect the strength of a C-H bond in ethane, CH3-CH3, to be slightly
different from its strength in ethene, CH2=CH2?
17. Propane and chlorine react in the presence of UV light to give 2-chloropropane amongst
other things:

a) Assuming that the reaction is carried out at a temperature where everything is

gaseous, estimate the enthalpy change of reaction from the following bond
enthalpies.

(I haven't forgotten to give you a value for C-C. That's deliberate.)

b) If the reaction was carried out at 298 K (the standard temperature), the 2-
chloropropane would actually be a liquid. The enthalpy change of vaporisation of
2-chloropropane is +27 kJ mol-1.
Calculate the standard enthalpy change of the reaction.

18. Chlorine reacts with ethane to produce chloroethane and hydrogen chloride gases
according to the reaction below.
C2H6(g) + Cl2(g)  C2H5Cl(g) + HCl(g)

Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction given the following bond energies:

Bond C-C C-H C-Cl H-Cl Cl-Cl

Bond energy, 347 413 339 427 239
kJ/mol

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19. Calculate the standard enthalpy change of combustion of propane, given by the equation:

Enthalpy change of vaporisation of water = +41 kJ mol-1

20. Given the following data:

S (s) + 3⁄2 O2 (g)  SO3 (g) ∆H° = -395.2 Kj
2SO2 (g) + O2 (g)  2SO3 (g) ∆H° = -198.2 Kj
Calculate ∆H° for the reaction:
S (s) + O2 (g)  SO2 (g)