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Unit 6
Course Guide Chm111

Chemical Thermodynamics: Thermochemistry
 

Take Exam 3 after completing this unit.

Goal I
Goal II 
Goal III
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Goal I. Know the vocabulary and basic concepts of thermochemistry that describe and explain energy changes accompanying chemical reactions.

Objectives: To meet the requirements of Goal I, you must be able to:

  1. differentiate between system and surroundings, between potential energy and kinetic energy, between spontaneous and non-spontaneuous changes, between exothermic and endothermic processes;
  1. describe the sign (+ or -) conventions for heat, work, and thermal energy (q); 
  1. describe how reaction spontaneity is governed by the thermal energy changes and the entropy changes within the system;
  1. convert among the units: calorie, kilocalorie, joule and kilojoule; 
  1. distinguish between specific heat and heat capacity;
  1. use equations: thermal energy = (mass)(specific heat)(temp); thermal energy change = (heat capacity)(temp. change)to calculate any variable, given appropriate data. [Top]

Goal II. Apply the principles of thermochemistry to calorimetric data collection and calculations.

Objectives: To meet the requirements of Goal II, you must be able to:

  1. explain the experimental procedure of calorimetry, and describe a simple constant pressure calorimeter (coffee cup calorimeter);
  1. apply the law of conservation of energy to thermal energy changes taking place in a calorimeter; 
  1. calculate the heat capacity of a calorimeter (also called calorimeter constant) from mass and temperature data;
  1. use calorimetry data to calculate specific heat, Dt, final temperature, heat of neutralization or heat of solution. [Top] 


Goal III. Use Hess's Law and heats of formation to calculate enthalpy changes during a chemical reaction.

Objectives: To meet the requirements of Goal III, you must be able to: 

  1. relate enthalpy change (DH) to thermal energy change at constant pressure; identify exothermic and endothermic reactions from thermochemical equations;
  1. recognize DH to be an extensive property; use a thermochemical equation to determine DH for a specified amount of reactant or product; 
  1. state Hess's Law and relate this law to changes in a state function such as enthalpy; use this law to determine DHrxn by combining thermochemical equations; 
  1. define the standard heat of formation (DH°¦),a nd know the standard conditions for thermochemical reactions;
  1. write appropriatechemical equations for specific examples of DHrxn including DHcomb, DHvap, DHfus, DHneut and DH°¦;
  1. calculate enthalpies of reaction from enthalpies of formation; and calculate enthalpies of formation from enthalpies of reaction. [Top] 

Unit 6 Assignments
Read: Text Chapter 6, pp. 224-251
Video Programs:
  1. Energy
  2. Enthalpy Changes and Calorimetry
  3. Heats of Reaction, Hess's Law
Textbook Assignments: Read and Understand all "Sample Problems," "Follow Up Problems" and the blue-colored problems at the end of the chapters.

The answers for the Follow Up Problems are at the end of the chapter; the answers for the blue-colored problems are in Appendix C.The answers for each of these are in Appendix C.

ChemSkill Builder Assignments: Mandatory assignments to be submitted for grade

Chapter 8, Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6

Do Cyber Lab 6: See CHM 111 Laboratory Guide. Submit via mail to ELI.
TAKE EXAM 3:  Exam 3 Covers Units 5 and 6. You will be given a periodic table (without the names of the elements). All necessary heats of formation are also given.

You may use a 3" x 5" hand-written study card for Exams 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. (NOT TO BE USED FOR THE NOMENCLATURE TEST.) You must hand-write the information you would like to have on your card yourself -- no technology miracles allowed. Formulas, constants, definitions, concepts, solubility tables, etc., may be on the study card. NO SAMPLE PROBLEMS are allowed to be on the card. You may write on both sides of the study card. The card must be submitted with your exam. Any abuse of this privilege will result in a failing grade for the course.)

Note: Complete Solutions, including all units of measurement, must be shown for all problems.

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