Chemistry Review – Thermochemistry Name ________________________

(Review notes and worksheets and practice problems from the packet.)

1. Perform the following conversions:

832 joules = __________ calories 145 calories = ______________ joules

150 joules = __________ kJ 23.7 kilocalories = __________ calories

2. a. How much heat is required to raise the temperature of 32.0 grams of ethyl alcohol from 12.0 °C to
78.2 °C? (For ethyl alcohol: Specific heat is 2.45 J/g °C)

b. If 1.3 kJ of energy are added to a 30.0 gram piece of aluminum at 20.0 °C, what is the final
temperature of the aluminum? (Specific heat for aluminum is 0.89 J/g °C)

c. The temperature of a 4.80 gram sample of an unknown metal increases from 22.0 °C to 28.0 °C when
it absorbs 6.70 joules of energy. What is the specific heat of the metal?

3. Be able to define/explain the following terms:

Enthalpy:
Heat:
Temperature:
Kinetic energy:
Potential energy:
Specific Heat Capacity:
Heat of Fusion:
Heat of Vaporization:

4. Tell whether each of the following processes is endothermic or exothermic.

a. The reaction container warms.
b. ΔH = + 265 kJ/mol
c. ΔH = − 58.2 kJ/mol
d. CaO (s) + SO3 (g) → CaSO4 (s) + 402 kJ
e. MgCO3 (s) + 117.7 kJ → MgO (s) + CO2 (g)
f. The reaction has absorbed energy from the surroundings.
g. the boiling of water
h. the freezing of water
i. combustion of methane
5. Perform heat calculations using heat of fusion, heat of vaporization and specific heat.
a. The molar heat of fusion for sodium metal is 2.64 kj/mol at sodium’s melting point, 98 ° C.
How much heat is required to melt 15.0 grams sodium at 98 °C?

b. The molar heat of vaporization of sodium metal is 100.8 kj/mol at sodium’s boiling point, 889 °C.
How much heat is required to vaporize 7.3 moles of Na at 889 °C?

c. Calculate the heat needed to melt 29.4 grams H2O at 0 °C, then heat it to 100 °C and turn it into steam.
(For H2O, Heat of Fusion = 334 J/g
Specific Heat = 4.184 J/g°C
Heat of Vaporization = 2260 J/g)

6. In a lab, a 30.0 gram piece of metal at 98.5 °C is dropped into 75.0 grams of water at 21.7 °C. The
final temperature reached is 28.8 °C. Calculate the specific heat capacity of the metal.

7. Be able to answer questions about a heating or cooling curve.

8. Use the following balanced equation to solve the following:

4 NH3 (g) + 5 O2 (g) → 4 NO (g) + 6 H2O (l) + 1168.4 kJ

a. How much energy will be released by the burning of 2.00 moles of NH3 with
excess oxygen?

b. How much energy will be released by the burning of 42.64 grams of NH3 with
excess oxygen?

c. How much energy will be released when 12.5 grams of water is formed?

d. How many grams of ammonia will be needed to produce 535 kJ of energy?

e. How much energy will be released when 28.8 grams of NH3 is reacted with
45.4 grams of O2?

9. Given the following equations,

Ca (s) + 2 C(s) → CaC2 (s) ∆H = − 62.8 kJ
CO2 (g) → C (s) + O2 (g) ∆H = +393.5 kJ
CaCO3 (s) + CO2 (g) → CaC2 (s) + 2½ O2 (g) ∆H = +1538 kJ

Calculate the change in enthalpy for the following equation using Hess’s law.
Ca (s) + C (s) + 3/2 O2 (g) → CaCO3 (s)