Name: ___________________________________________ Class: ______________

Formative assessment – Bond enthalpies and Hess’ Law

Subject: Chemistry Grade: 11
Unit: Thermodynamics
Theme: Bond enthalpies and Hess’ Law
Learning objectives: calculation of ΔHrxn from bond enthalpies
Criteria: Application

1) (a) Some mean bond enthalpies are given below.

Bond N–H N–N N≡N H–O O–O

Mean bond enthalpy/kJ mol–1 388 163 944 463 146

Use these data to calculate the enthalpy change for the following gas-phase reaction
between hydrazine, N2H4, and hydrogen peroxide, H2O2

H H
N N
H H + 2H-O-O-H N≡N + 4H-O-H

(b) Some standard enthalpies of formation are given below.

N2H4(g) H2O2(g) H2O(g)

ο –1
∆Hf /kJ mol +75 –133 –242

These data can be used to calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction in part (a).

N2H4(g) + 2H2O2(g) → N2(g) + 4H2O(g)

ο
(i) State the value of ∆H for N2(g).
f

...........................................................................................................................
Name: ___________________________________________ Class: ______________
ο
(ii) Use the Hess’ Law and ∆H values from the table to calculate the enthalpy change for
f
this reaction.

...........................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................

(iii) Explain why the value obtained in part (b) is different from that obtained in part (c)(ii).

......................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................

Working
Learning
Descriptors Achieved towards
objectives
calculation of ΔHrxn from bond enthalpies

LО1
calculation of ΔHrxn using Hess’ Law and ∆Hfο values