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CHE 320 – CHEMICAL

ENGINEERING PROCESS
ANALYSIS II
MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION OF
HEATS OF REACTION: HESS’S LAW

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 Hess’s law
• If the stoichiometric equation for reaction 1 can be
obtained by algebraic operations (multiplication by
constants, addition, and subtraction) on stoichiometric
equations for reactions 2, 3, . . . , then the heat of
reaction can be obtained by performing the same
operations on the heats of reactions.

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HEAT OF FORMATION

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Heat of formation

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EXAMPLE

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Solution:

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Heat of Combustion

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Example:

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From Tables:

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• One of the principal applications of the above equation is to determine
heats of formation for combustible substances whose formation reactions
do not occur naturally. For example, the formation reaction of pentane

• 5 C(s) + 6 H2(g) C5H12 (l) ΔΗr = ?

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QUESTIONS

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